Yeovil

Results: 4 records

B1R01: design element - motifs - floral or foliage

B2R01: design element - motifs - floral - in a quatrefoil - 16

BU01: design element - architectural - arch-head - 8

[cf. Font notes]
Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]

LB01: design element - motifs - moulding

INFORMATION

FontID: 04787YEO
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. John the Baptist
Church Patron Saints: St. John the Baptist
Country Name: England
Location: Somerset, South West
Directions to Site: Located about 33 km ESE of Taunton
Font Location in Church: Reported inside the church in 1868; later ca. 1957
Century and Period: 15th century, Perpendicular
Font Notes:
The National Gazetteer of 1868 lists "an antique font" in this church. Kelly's Directory of 1883 reports "an old font" in this church. Described in Hutton (1957) as a baptismal font of the Perpendicular style/period. Described in Pevsner (1958): " Large, octagonal, Perp[endicular], with quatrefoil frieze and a cresting above it." The underbowl has arch-heads with sides that continue down the short octagonal stem; the lower base much wides and moulded. The Somerset Archives [http://www.somerset.gov.uk/archives/ASP/PostcardList2.asp?Place=Yeovil] [accessed 1 October 2009] have two old postcards illustrating this font.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

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

REFERENCES

Hutton, Graham, English Parish Churches, London: Thames & Hudson, 1976
Kelly, Eric Robert, Kelly's Directory of Somersetshire with the city of Bristol, London: Kelly & Co., 1883