Water-Pery

INFORMATION

FontID: 06318WAT
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Mary the Virgin
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Country Name: England
Location: Oxfordshire, South East
Directions to Site: Located in the deanery of Cuddesden, Hundred of Bullington
Font Location in Church: In the nave
Century and Period: 15th - 16th century[basin only] -- 13th - 14th century [base] [composite font], Late Medieval [composite]
Described in the Guide to the Architectural Antiquities in the Neighbourhood of Oxford (1846: 249): "The Font is quite plain, and of different dates. The lower part or present stem is of about A.D. 1300, and appears originally to have been the Font, on which has been placed during the Perpendicular period and octagonal basin, lined with lead. The marks of the staple-bolts remain".

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Number of Pieces: two
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Drainage Notes: lead lined well

LID INFORMATION

Notes: "The marks of the staple-bolts remain". (Guide to the Architectural Antiquities in the Neighbourhood of Oxford, 1846: 249):

REFERENCES

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