Doulting
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 07116DOU
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century [re-tooled], Perpendicular [altered?]
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Aldhelm
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the W end of the nave, S side, by the S entrance
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Aldhelm [aka Aldelme]
Site Location: Somerset, South West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located on the A361, just E of Shepton Mallet
Additional Comments: altered font / re-tooled
Font Notes:
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Listed in Cox & Harvey (1907) as a baptismal font of the Perpendicular period. Described in Pevsner (1958): "Perp[endicular], octagonal, with panelled stem and a bowl on a row of demi-figures of angels." Described and illustrated in ChurchCrawler [http://www.flickr.com/photos/22413548@N00/2500549582/] [accessed 10 September 2009]: "The font too is retooled and improved but is C15 with panelled stem and demi-figures of angels around the base of the bowl."
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: flat and plain; modern
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. 181