Cutcombe

INFORMATION

FontID: 07102CUT
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. John the Evangelist
Church Patron Saints: St. John the Evangelist
Country Name: England
Location: Somerset, South West
Directions to Site: Located just E of the A396, in the Exmoor National Park, 8-10 km SW of Minehead
Century and Period: 12th century / 13th century [base only?], Medieval [composite]
Listed in Cox & Harvey (1907) as a baptismal font of the Early English period. Not mentioned in Pevsner (1958). The Exmoor Nattional Park web site [http://www.exmoor-nationalpark.gov.uk/index/learning_about/living_in_communities/churches/cutcombe-churches.htm] [accessed 18 September 2009], however, notes: "The oldest part of the church is the Purbeck marble Norman font. Unfortunately only the base is original as the Victorians added an italian bowl." Described in the National Monuments Record, English Heritage [http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/details/default.aspx?id=265319] [accessed 18 September 2009]: "Base, stem and pillars of Norman font with C19 Italian marble bowl". Not mentioned in Pevsner (1958).

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone (Purbeck marble) [base only]

REFERENCES

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