Dundry
INFORMATION
Font ID: 07117DUN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century, Perpendicular
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Michael
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Michael
Site Location: Somerset, South West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located just SW of Bristol, accessible from the A38
Additional Comments: restored font [cf. FontNotes]
Font Notes:
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Described in Rutter (1829): "The font is octagonal with a large recess, and is enriched with sculpture of an early age", a description repeated verbatim in The Gentleman's Magazine (issue of 3 February 1830, p. 105). Over thirty years later The Gentleman's Magazine (issue of Jan. 1862) reports on the re-opening of St. Michael's on 16 October 1861 after an almost complete rebuilding; among the restored items within the church, "The font has been cleansed of innumerable coats of whitewash, and is placed near the south porch." Listed in Cox & Harvey (1907) as a baptismal font of the Perpendicular period.
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
REFERENCES
- Cox, John Charles, English Church Furniture, New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1907, p. 217
- Rutter, John, Delineations of the North Western Division of the County of Somerset, and of its [...], Shaftesbury; London: Published by the Author; Longman, Rees & Co. [...], 1829, p. 216