Pulham nr. Yeovil
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B01: design element - architectural - arcade - blind - round arches
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BBL01: design element - motifs - moulding
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LB01: design element - motifs - moulding
Scene Description: on the columns of the base
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view of font and cover
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 06662PUL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Norman
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Thomas Becket
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Thomas of Canterbury [aka St. Thomas à Becket]
Site Location: Dorset, South West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located on the B3143, 13-14 km ESE of Yeovil
Font Notes:
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Noted in the 3rd ed. of Hutchins (1973 c1861-1874): "The font has a circular bowl, with a series of shallow round-headed arches carved about it. It stands on a central column, and one three smaller shafts arranged in a triangular form." Listed in Cox & Harvey (1907) and in Long (1923) as a noteworthy baptismal font of the Norman period. Mee (1939) writes: "the font is the oldest piece of sculpture in Pulham, being decorated with the lightly cut arcades of the Norman craftsmen." In Newman & Pevsner (1972): "Font. Tub-shaped, Norman, of Purbeck marble, with the familiar shallow blank arches." The basin of the font appears cylindrical in shape, with large shallow round arches, and mouldings on the lower sides; the base consists of a central shaft and three (?) outer colonnettes, all decorated with mouldings; the lower base is round and shows evidence of damage and repairs. Illustrated in The Dorset Historic Churches Trust [http://dorsethistoricchurchestrust.co.uk]
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Robin Adeney and The Dorset Historic Churches Trust [www.dorsethistoricchurchestrust.co.uk], for the photograph of this font
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: tub-shaped, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
LID INFORMATION
Date: unknown
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: round and flat; probably modern
REFERENCES
- Cox, John Charles, English Church Furniture, New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1907, p. 197
- Hutchins, John, The History and Antiquities of the County of Dorset, Wakefield: E.P. Pub. Ltd., 1973, vol. 3: 739
- Long, E.T., "Dorset church fonts", 44, Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Antiquarian Field Club, 1923, pp. 62-76; p. 75
- Mee, Arthur, The King's England. Dorset: Thomas Hardy's Country, London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1939, p. 197-198
- Pevsner, Nikolaus, Dorset, Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1972, p. 19fn