Bincombe

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INFORMATION

FontID: 06656BIN

Church/Chapel: Parish Church of the Holy Trinity

Church Patron Saints: The Holy Trinity

Country Name: England

Location: Dorset, South West

Directions to Site: Located just E of the A354, NE of Chickerell

Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the W end, centre of the aisle, by the S door

Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Norman

Workshop/Group/Artisan: Purbeck Marblers Guild?

Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Gerald Duke, of www.martinstown.co.uk, for the information on, and photographs of this font and church]

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

Noted in the 3rd ed. of Hutchins (1973 c1861-1874): "The font is circular, and of Purbeck marble; the stem is of rough stone, supposed to be Norman work." Listed in Cox & Harvey (1907) and in Long (1923) as a baptismal font of the Norman period. In the RCHM (1970). Described and fully illustrated in Gerald Duke [www.martinstown.co.uk] who notes the attribution of this work to the "Purbeck Marblers Guild. The baptismal font consists of the original plain cylindrical basin of Purbeck stone and a modern cylindrical base. [We are grateful to Gerald Duke, of www.martinstown.co.uk, for the information on, and photographs of this font and church]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone [Purbeck marble]

Number of Pieces: two

Font Shape: cylindrical (mounted)

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: round

Rim Thickness: 8-11 cm*

Diameter (inside rim): 55 cm*

Diameter (includes rim): 74 cm*

Basin Depth: 20 cm*

Basin Total Height: 25 cm*

Height of Base: [74-]75 cm*

Font Height (less Plinth): 100 cm*

Notes on Measurements: * [all measurements courtesy of Gerald Duke [www.martinstown.co.uk]]

LID INFORMATION

Date: modern

Material: wood,

Apparatus: no

Notes: Flat and round, with metal ornamentation and handle; modern [NB: remains of old cover hardware in the upper rim]

REFERENCES

Cox, John Charles, English Church Furniture, New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1907

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, Wakefield: E.P. Pub. Ltd., 1973

Long, E.T., "Dorset church fonts", 44, Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Antiquarian Field Club, 1923, pp. 62-76; r["References"]