Norman Font - Church of the Holy Cross - Epperstone, Nottinghamshire - Romanesque Architecture on Waymarking.com

"A Norman plain stone drum with modern wood cover in Jacobean style. The edge of the cover is engraved in memory of Thomas William Huskinson (1862-1935) and Mary Margaret his wife (1858-1921). The font now stands on a floor of early gravestones removed from the churchyard. An inscription on the oldest of these is dated 1611 and reads: ‘Time was I stood where thou dost now and viewed the dead as thou dost me. Ere long thou’ll lie as low as I and others stand and look on thee.’"

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"EPPERSTONE. A rare natural charm has this small village enshrined in trees, with old houses, an ancient dovecot, and the Dover Beck meandering through the willows. Opposite the church the manor house comes to the road, and through its beautiful gateway we see a fine drive of trimmed trees. From the path crossing the park to Woodborough we see the front of the house and its charming garden.

The church stands high above the road, a flight of steps climbing to the churchyard, where one of the fine trees is a magnificent cedar with propped-up branches sheltering a patch of ground about 90 yards round. Here, too, a shaded walk leads to the cottages beyond, and gives us a peep of the Old Manor below. There is a stone in the churchyard to Jeremiah Carfinter, who was over half a century at the rectory and died in 1840.

Among many corbel heads outside is a woman in a wimple, a head which has lost its features but has kept a crown, and a little fellow who has been looking across the churchyard for centuries. Crude gargoyles look down from the handsome 15th century tower whose spire has a 19th century top, and a king and a queen greet us as we reach the modern porch. A door with beautiful old timber inside opens to the dim interior, where the two finest things are the splendid tower arch, reaching to the roof, and the graceful 13th century nave arcade, with clustered pillars and unusual capitals. In the foliage of one capital is a fine head.

All that remains of the 14th century chancel is the east window. The font has a massive Norman bowl, and there may be some Norman masonry in the north wall. One of several coffin stones is a fine specimen carved 700 years ago. Two oak angels with wings look down from the chancel, and the oak pulpit has old panels with quaint figures said to have been carved by a sexton.

An inscription tells of John Odingsells who was member for Nottingham in the Barebones Parliament. The stone figure of a man with praying hands, wearing a long gown, may be one of this family, who knew the village for many generations."

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Web site proof of Romanesque or Pre-Romanesque features: [Web Link] Type of building (structure): Church Address: Church of the Holy Cross Main Street Epperstone, Nottinghamshire England NG14 6BJ Date of origin: Not listed Architect(s) if known: Not listed Romanesque or Pre-Romanesque: Not listed

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