Leigh upon Mendip / Leigh-on-Mendip

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BBL01: design element - motifs - scallop - 8

two on each side [cf. Font notes]
Scene Description: two on each side [cf. Font notes]

INFORMATION

FontID: 07098LEI
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Giles
Church Patron Saints: St. Giles [aka Aegidus, Egidus, Gilles]
Country Name: England
Location: Somerset, South West
Directions to Site: Located 8 km W of Frome, about 20 km S of Bath
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 12th century, Norman
Font Notes:
Noted in Cox & Harvey (1907) and in Wade & Wade (1929) as a baptismal font of the Norman period. Described in Pevsner (158): "Norman, plain, square, with two heavy scallops on each side." Wade & Wade mention also "a pillar stoup in the porch"; no date suggested, but may be medieval. Noted in 'A History of Leigh on Mendip', by Mary de Viggiani (February 2007) [http://www.deviggiani.org.uk/] [accessed 26 March 2008]: "The font is Norman and has a Jacobean (1567-1625) cover."

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: square (mounted)
Basin Exterior Shape: square

LID INFORMATION

Date: 17th-century? / Jacobean
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]

REFERENCES

Cox, John Charles, English Church Furniture, New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1907
Pevsner, Nikolaus, North Somerset and Bristol, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1958
Wade, G.H., Somerset, London: Methurn & Co., 1929