Pimperne

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Results: 28 records

B01: design element - motifs - foliage - scroll

Scene Description: all over the basin sides

BBL01: design element - motifs - beaded-tape

Scene Description: [19th-century recarving]

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BBU01: design element - motifs - beaded-tape

Scene Description: [19th-century recarving]

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CR01: design element - motifs - roll moulding

LB01: design element - motifs - moulding

Scene Description: on the 19th-century base

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LB01: human figure - head - 4

Scene Description: at 90-degree angles on the 19th-century lower base

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design element - motifs - foliage - scroll

Scene Description: [19th-century recarving]

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view of base - detail - head1

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view of base - detail - head2

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view of base - detail - head3

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view of base - detail - head4

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view of base - detail - motif5

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view of basin - detail - motif1

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view of basin - detail - motif2

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view of basin - detail - motif3

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view of basin - detail - motif4

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view of basin - interior

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view of basin - upper view

Scene Description: showing the 19th-century restoration of the basin

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view of church exterior - south door

Scene Description: the font and cover can be discerned beyond the door in Hutchins' engraving of ca. 1861

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view of church exterior - southeast view

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view of church exterior - southwest view

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view of church exterior - west tower

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view of church interior - looking northeast

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view of church interior - looking southwest

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view of font - front side

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view of font - plan, elevation, section and sketch

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view of font and cover in context

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view of font cover

Scene Description: 19th-century stone font cover

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INFORMATION

FontID: 06646PIM
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Peter
Church Patron Saints: St. Peter
Country Name: England
Location: Dorset, South West
Directions to Site: Located off the A354, 4 km NE of Blandford Forum
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the W end, S aisle, by the entrance
Century and Period: 12th century [basin only] [re-cut in the 19th century], Medieval [composite]
Lewis' Dictionary of 1848 reports that the font at Pimperne St. Peter's "is very ancient". It is noted in Hutchins (1861-1873) as being "coeval with the doorway" [i.e., Norman to Early English]; the font cover is noted as modern, but "characteristic and handsome." The Handbook for travellers… (1869) reports a Norman font in this church. Described in Cox & Harvey (1907) as "a good example of the cup-shaped font", from the Norman period. In Long (1923) as a good example of cup-shaped font from the Norman period. Also as Norman in Mee (1939): "The beautiful font, with flowers and twining stems on its bowl and four heads round its base." In Newman & Pevsner (1972): "Norman, of cauldron shape, with large leaves in chains of large scrolls. Delightful stone font cover of pierced tracery, called 'modern' in 1861". A footnote in Newman & Pevsner (ibid.) adds: "It was, according to the Rev. B.A. Farquharson-Roberts, found close to the church about 150 years ago." [NB: much of the carving on the basin sides is the result of the 19th-century restoration]. Noted and illustrated in The Dorset Historic Churches Trust [http://dorsethistorichurchestrust.co.uk/pimperne.htm] with "an unusual replacement cover of unknown vintage, but of exceptional quality." The font and cover are also ilustrated in the Dorset OPC web site [www.dorset-opc.com]. A full description and set of illustrations can be found in Gerald Duke [www.martinstown.co.uk].

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Number of Pieces: three
Font Shape: cauldron-shaped (mounted) -- chalice-shaped
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Rim Thickness: 6 cm*
Diameter (inside rim): 48 cm*
Diameter (includes rim): 60 cm*
Basin Depth: 28 cm*
Basin Total Height: 58 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 90 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * [all measurements courtesy of Gerald Duke, 2004 [www.martinstown.co.uk]]

LID INFORMATION

Date: 19th century?
Material: stone,
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]

REFERENCES

Cox, John Charles, English Church Furniture, New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1907
Gough, Richard, "Description of the old font in the Church of East Meon, Hampshire, 1789: with some observations on fonts", X, Archaeologia, 1792, pp. 183-209; r["References"]
Great Britain. Royal Commission on Historical Monuments, Royal Commission on Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, London: H.M. Stationary Office, 1970
Hutchins, John, The History and Antiquities of the County of Dorset: a view of the principal towns, seats, antiquities, and other remarkable particulars in Dorset, 1774
Hutchins, John, The History and Antiquities of the County of Dorset, Westminster: J.B. Nichols, 1861-1873
Lewis, Samuel, A Topographical Dictionary of England, Comprising the Several Counties, Cities, Boroughs, Corporate and Market Towns, Parishes, Chapelries, and Townships, and the Islands of Guernsy, Jersey, and Man, with Historical and Statistical Descriptions [...], London: S. Lewis, 1831
Long, E.T., "Dorset church fonts", 44, Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Antiquarian Field Club, 1923, pp. 62-76; r["References"]
Mee, Arthur, The King's England. Dorset: Thomas Hardy's Country, London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1939
Murray, John, A handbook for travellers in Wiltshire, Dorsetshire, and Somersetshire, London: John Murray, 1869
Pevsner, Nikolaus, Dorset, Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1972