Brockley / Brockley nr. Weston-super-Mare

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 05193BRO
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century, Norman
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Nicholas
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Nicholas of Myra
Site Location: Somerset, South West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located 15 km NE of Weston-super-Mare
Font Notes:
Noted in Wade & Wade (1929) as a baptismal font of the Norman period. Described in Pevsner (1958): "Norman, circular, with a row of small squat blank arches and big fluting on the underside." In the Churches Conservation Trust [http://www.visitchurches.org.uk/content.php?nID=11&region=Bristol&churchID=35] [accessed 4 March 2008] as Norman.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: round
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

REFERENCES

  • Wade, G.H., Somerset, London: Methurn & Co., 1929, [http://www.gutenberg.org/files/12287/12287-h/12287-h.htm] [accessed 4 March 2008]