Croscombe

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 07115CRO
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century, Perpendicular
Cognate Fonts: [cf. FontNotes]
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Site Location: Somerset, South West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off the A371, halfway between Wells and Shepton Mallet
Font Notes:
Listed in Cox & Harvey (1907) as a baptismal font of the Perpendicular period. Described in Pevsner (1958): "Octagonal, Perp[endicular], the only decoration being a series of heavy horizontal mouldings on stem and bowl (cf. Meare, Weston Zoyland)." Noted in the Ancient Monuments Record, English Heritage [http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/Details/Default.aspx?id=267501] [accessed 10 September 2009]: "Octagonal lead-lined font, probably C14".

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Drainage Notes: lead-lined

REFERENCES

  • Cox, John Charles, English Church Furniture, New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1907, p. 217
  • Pevsner, Nikolaus, North Somerset and Bristol, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1958, p. 179