Water-Pery
INFORMATION
Font ID: 06318WAT
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th - 16th century[basin only] -- 13th - 14th century [base] [composite font], Late Medieval [composite]
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Mary the Virgin
Font Location in Church: In the nave
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Site Location: Oxfordshire, South East, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located in the deanery of Cuddesden, Hundred of Bullington
Additional Comments: recycled font: the base is the former basin of an earlier (ca. 1300) font
Font Notes:
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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, p. 249