St Oswald, Hooe, Sussex
I Location
- Site Location
- Hooe
- National Grid Reference
- TQ 682 092
- 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 Oswald - Type of building/monument
- Parish church
II General Description
Hooe church has a W tower, an aisleless nave, a S porch, a broad, square-ended chancel and a N chapel (now vestry). The church was entirely rebuilt in the 15thc., with the exception of the N chapel, which belongs to the 13thc.
V Furnishings
1. Fonts
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Font.
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Font.
The font is located in the nave, W of the S porch. Square Sussex marble bowl, with plain sides and a moulding around the bottom edge shaped to receive five shafts. The four polygonal angle shafts are of freestone (limestone?) and have undoubtedly been replaced, but the fat central shaft, although superficially rendered, is of Sussex marble and may be original. A circular lead plug in the NW spandrel, and a corresponding circular indent in the SE spandrel, are remnants of a lock. The lead lining does not reach the rim of the basin. The shafts stand on a shallow plinth of Sussex marble, shaped with bases. This sits on a modern freestone plinth (0.18m high).
Dimensions
| h. (overall) | 9.75m |
| h. of bowl | 0.29m |
| l. of sides (at top) | E 0.605 m; S 0.61 m; W 0.605; N 0.62 m |
| diam. of basin | 0.505 m |
VII History
Drummond-Roberts records a dedication to St James or St Oswald.
VIII Comments/Opinions
IX Bibliography
- M. F. Drummond-Roberts, Some Sussex Fonts Photographed and Described. Brighton 1935, 45.
- Victoria County History: Sussex. 9 (Rape and Honour of Hastings). 1937, 245-56.
- A. K. Walker, An Introduction to the Study of English fonts with details of those in Sussex. London 1908, 96-97.