Sarnesfield
INFORMATION
Font ID: 05975SAR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 14th century [stem of base only] [composite font], Medieval [composite]
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Mary
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Site Location: Herefordshire, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located on the A4112, 8 km NE of Eardisley (dir. Leominster); 20-25 km WWN of Hereford
Additional Comments: recycled font: only the stem is original (14th-century); bowl and base are modern
Font Notes:
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Listed in Tyrrell-Green (1928: 31) as one in a very large group of baptismal fonts that are plain octagonal with straightsided basins. Described in the inventory of Herefordshire (1931-1934, vol. III: 178): "Font: square stem with attached shafts, 14th-century, octagonal bowl, probably modern, base modern."
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Number of Pieces: three
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round [modern?]
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal (modern?)
REFERENCES
- Great Britain. Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire, London: H.M. Stationary Office, 1931-1934, vol. III: p. 178
- Tyrrell-Green, E., Baptismal Fonts Classified and Illustrated, London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge: The Macmillan Co., 1928, p. 31