Hutton nr. Weston-super-Mare

INFORMATION

FontID: 02120HUT
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Church Location: Church Ln, Hutton, North Somerset, BS24 9SN, United Kingtom -- Tel.: 01934 823556
Country Name: England
Location: Somerset, South West
Directions to Site: Located near Locking, in the SE suburbs of Weston-super-Mare
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end, N side
Century and Period: 15th century, Perpendicular
Listed in Cox & Harvey (1907) as a baptismal font of the Perpendicular period. Not mentioned in Pevsner (1958). Kelly's directory of 1883 mentions an old font in Hutton Court, not in the church. According to Kelly's description the Court "was formerly an ecclesiastical establisment, supposed to have belonged to the Abbey of Glastonbury : it has a fine old hall with open oak roof, and in the passage leading thereto is curious old font". The Church of St. Mary's guide [http://stmaryshutton.org/Documents/Guide.PDF] a[ccessed 21 September 2009] describes the font located in the northwest corner of the nave: "octagonal font, of simple Perpendicular style but of unknown date". The entry for this church in Historic England [Listing NGR: ST3524558598] informs: "Church. C15, major extension and restoration 1849 [...] simple, octagonal font of late date".

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 51.3228, -2.9307
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 51° 19′ 22.08″ N, 2° 55′ 50.52″ W
UTM: 30U 504829 5685725

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

REFERENCES

Cox, John Charles, English Church Furniture, New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1907
Kelly, Eric Robert, Kelly's Directory of Somersetshire with the city of Bristol, London: Kelly & Co., 1883