Coombe No. 2
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B01: human figure
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Image Source: digital image of an illustration in Bond (1908)
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 06309COO
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th - 16th century, Perpendicular
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Lawrence
Font Location in Church: In the nave
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Lawrence [aka Laurence]
Site Location: Oxfordshire, South East, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located in the deanery of Woodstock, Hundred of Wootton
Additional Comments: disused font / abandoned font : recycled as well-head
Font Notes:
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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, p. 276, 277
- 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, p. 154