Holton nr. Oxford

Results: 3 records

LB01: design element - motifs - moulding

Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]

R01: design element - motifs - moulding

Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]

view of church exterior - northwest view

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Steve Daniels, 2011

Image Source: digital photograph taken 5 May 2011 by Steve Daniels [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2414025] [accessed 1 June 2012]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 06317HOL
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Bartholomew
Church Patron Saints: St. Bartholomew
Church Location: Holton, Oxfordshire, OX33 1PR
Country Name: England
Location: Oxfordshire, South East
Directions to Site: Located off (E) the A40, just N of Wheatley, 9 km E of Oxford
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Oxford
Historical Region: Hundred of Bullingdon
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the nave
Century and Period: 15th century, Perpendicular
Described in the Guide to the Architectural Antiquities in the Neighbourhood of Oxford (1846): "The Font is Perpendicular, octagonal, plain, unusually large, and solid". The Victoria County History (Oxford, vol. 5, 1957) notes: "The church dedicated to St. Bartholomew is a small cruciform building without aisles, with a western tower, originally built in the 12th century but mainly rebuilt in the 14th. [...] There is a large 15th-century stone font." Noted in Sherwood & Pevsner (1974): "Font. Octagonal; moulded base and rim."

COORDINATES

UTM: 30U 628585 5735543

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

REFERENCES

Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2012-06-13 00:00:00. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.
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
Pevsner, Nikolaus, Oxfordshire, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1974