Hatch Beauchamp
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B01: design element - motifs - floral - in a quatrefoil - 4
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B02: symbol - shield - blank - in a quatrefoil - 4
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UB01: design element - architectural - arcade - blind - trefoiled arches - 8
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Tony Ethridge, 2009
Image Source: digital photograph taken 13 December 2006 by Tony Ethridge
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 06692HAT
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century, Perpendicular
Workshop/Group/Artisan: heraldic font
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. John the Baptist
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the S aisle, W end
Church Patron Saint(s): St. John the Baptist
Site Location: Somerset, South West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located just E of the A358t, 10 km ESE of Taunton
Font Notes:
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Noted in Pevsner (1958): "Of the familiar octagonal Perp[endicular] type." Baptismal font consisting of an octagonal basin with vertical sides decorated with large quatrefoils inscribing floral motifs and blank shields alternately, raised on an octagonal pedestal with mouldings at both ends, the sides decorated with trefoiled arches or windows; the moulded lower base may be later, and is integrated in the modern plinth.
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
REFERENCES
- Pevsner, Nikolaus, South and West Somerset, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1958, p. 191