Brockley / Brockley nr. Weston-super-Mare

Results: 2 records

BU01: design element - patterns - fluted

design element - architectural - arch-head - round

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

INFORMATION

FontID: 05193BRO
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Nicholas
Church Patron Saints: St. Nicholas of Myra
Country Name: England
Location: Somerset, South West
Directions to Site: Located 15 km NE of Weston-super-Mare
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 12th century, Norman
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