St Leonard, Denton, Sussex
I Location
- Site Location
- Denton
- National Grid Reference
- TQ 455 026
- County
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traditional:
Sussex
now: East Sussex - Diocese
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medieval:
Chichester
now: Chichester - Dedication
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medieval:
not confirmed
now (or name of monument): St Leonard - Type of building/monument
- Parish church
II General Description
A heavily restored church comprising nave and chancel. It contains a Romanesque font.
V Furnishings
1. Fonts
(i)
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Font, from E
A lead-lined tub font on a square, modern plinth is situated at the W end of the nave. It has a central band carved with basketwork, an upper border of pellets with depressed centres, and a lower border of plait, beneath which is a plain surface. The condition is extremely good, with slight damage to the rim.
Dimensions
| circ. | 2.17 m |
| int. diam. | 0.515 m |
| h. | 0.61 m |
| top border | 0.8 m |
| central band | 0.28 m |
| lower border | 0.8 m |
VII History
Denton is not mentioned in DS.
VIII Comments/Opinions
The font closely resembles that of St Anne, Lewes, but is slightly smaller. The central band, carved with basketwork, is narrower in proportion to the other bands than on the Lewes font, and the carving overall is less regular. The font in East Dean church has top and bottom bands like those of Denton and Lewes, but the motif in the central band consists of interlocking circles.
IX Bibliography
- M. F. Drummond-Roberts, Some Sussex Fonts Photographed and Described. Brighton 1935, 29.
- M. A. Lower, 'On the Churches of Newhaven and Denton' Sussex Archaeological Collections 9, 1857, 89-95.
- I. Nairn and N. Pevsner, The Buildings of England: Sussex. Harmondsworth 1965, 480.
- A. K. Walker, An Introduction to the Study of English fonts with details of those in Sussex. London 1908, 40-41.