Withycombe

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 07100WIT
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century, Norman
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Nicholas
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Nicholas of Myra
Site Location: Somerset, South West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located just S of the A39, near Blue Anchor Bay, in the NE corner of the Exmoor National Park
Additional Comments: photo req'd from Tony Ethridge -- Tony replied: he didn't photo'd the font
Font Notes:
Listed in Cox & Harvey (1907) as a baptismal font of the Norman period. Wade & Wade (1929) report "a font with cable moulding" in this church. Described in Pevsner (1958): "Circular, Norman, with widely spaced vertical ribs on the bowl and a cable-moulding."

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: tub-shaped
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

REFERENCES

  • Cox, John Charles, English Church Furniture, New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1907, p. 217
  • Pevsner, Nikolaus, South and West Somerset, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1958, p. 350
  • Wade, G.H., Somerset, London: Methurn & Co., 1929, [http://www.gutenberg.org/files/12287/12287-h/12287-h.htm] [accessed 12 April 2008]