Coombe No. 2
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Image Source: digital image of an illustration in Bond (1908)
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INFORMATION
FontID: 06309COO
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Lawrence
Church Patron Saints: St. Lawrence [aka Laurence]
Country Name: England
Location: Oxfordshire, South East
Directions to Site: Located in the deanery of Woodstock, Hundred of Wootton
Font Location in Church: In the nave
Century and Period: 15th - 16th century, Perpendicular
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
The Guide to the Architectural Antiquities in the Neighbourhood of Oxford (1846) describes the font in this church as "Perpendicular, panelled". Bond (1908) reported and illustrated a baptismal font "turned out of doors" and being used as well-head in a garden; it appears to be a tall octagonal basin with figures and arches which resemble the type of the Perpendicular period/style; in Bond's illustration the font appears much damaged and surrounded by foliage. [NB: the illustration in Bond does not appear to match the description of the Coombe church font and could probably be another one discarded in the churchyard]
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
REFERENCES
Bond, Francis, Fonts and Font Covers, London: Waterstone, 1985 c1908
Oxford Society for Promoting the Study of Gothic Architecture, Guide to the Architectural Antiquities in the Neighbourhood of Oxford, A, Oxford: John Henry Parker [for the Society], 1846