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Porchester St JamesFeatures and Fittings
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Dating from 1956 is an unusual ‘Bracket’ Font which can be swung out from a brick alcove, on an ornamental wrought iron arm, coloured in Venetian red and picked out with gold. The font is a bowl made of walnut and lined with copper. It is now rarely used.
There is also a free-standing oak font with lid and copper bowl, dating from 1981 and given in memory of JP Stone, verger.
There is a double-sided lectern of light oak, dating from 1956.
There is also a smaller portable, adjustable lectern. This is metal with an oak rest and dates from 1983.
There is a vestry table made from good oak salvaged from the tower roof of St Mary’s Nottingham and made from two beams originally placed there in 1468. They were removed during the restoration of the tower in 1934 and made into a table which was presented to St James’ Porchester on 14th February 1936.
A list of the incumbents. The board was originally from Southwell Minster Chapter House and it is carved with the word ‘Cancellarius’.