The Corpus of
ROMANESQUE SCULPTURE
in Britain & Ireland
The Corpus of
ROMANESQUE SCULPTURE
in Britain & Ireland
Image of the feature "V. Furnishings: 1. Fonts: Font" at Littlebury.
by Michael Pearson.
The font is positioned within the south aisle adjacent the tower side wall, beside the south door. It is enclosed within a later linen-fold oak panelled casing, and is only visible from the uncased rear (W) face. It consists of a plain square bowl with a slight chamfer to the edges. The basin is circular and lead lined. The bowl is carried on a heavy central polygonal shaft with slender shafts at the angles, chamfered to an octagonal section. Integral capitals are simply moulded, and the octagonal bases are chamfered. The shafts stand on a sqaure base block enclosed within the later wooden case, and this on a square chamfered plinth and a step extended to the E that carries a brass plate recording the restoration of the font in 1853.
| Depth of basin | 0.216m |
| Diameter of basin | 0.540 m |
| External width of bowl E-W | 0.724 m |
| External width of bowl N-S | 0.724 m |
| Height of bowl | 0.394 m |
| Height of base block | 0.121 m |
| Height of font above base | 0.972 m |
