Chewton Mendip
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BBL01: design element - motifs - moulding
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CR01: design element - motifs - moulding
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LB01: design element - motifs - moulding
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view of font and cover
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 07104CHE
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century, Early English
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Mary Magdalen
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the W end of the nave, by the entranceway
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary Magdalen
Site Location: Somerset, South West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located on the A39, halfway between Wellsand Midsomer Norton, 24 km S of Bristol
Font Notes:
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Listed in Cox & Harvey (1907) as a baptismal font of the Early English period. Noted in the National Monuments Record, English Heritage [http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/Details/Default.aspx?id=268038] [accessed 10 September 2009]: "circular Early English font under tower". The font consists of a cylindrical basin plain but for a moulding at the lower sides, raised on a cylindrical stem with a single moulding, and a round moulded lower base. There is considerable damage to the sides of the basin and stem. The quadrangular plinth is modern. The wooden cover is round and flat, with metal decoration; appears modern.
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: cylindrical, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern?
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
REFERENCES
- Cox, John Charles, English Church Furniture, New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1907, p. 217