Porlock
Results: 7 records
B01: symbol - shield - blank - in an octafoil - 8
Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]
BU01: design element - motifs - floral - square flower - 8
Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]
BU02: design element - patterns - crenellated
Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]
LB01: design element - architectural - arch or window - trefoiled - 16
Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]
LB01: design element - motifs - moulding
Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]
LB03: symbol - shield - blank - 8
Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]
view of font and cover
INFORMATION
Font ID: 07122POR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century, Perpendicular
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Dubricius
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the W end
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Dubricius aka Devereux, Dubric, Dyfrig]
Site Location: Somerset, South West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located just S of the A39, inland of Porlock Bay, 8 km W of Minehead
Additional Comments: damaged font / repaired font
Font Notes:
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Kelly's Directory of 1883 reports "an old stone font lined with lead". Listed in Cox & Harvey (1907) as a baptismal font of the Perpendicular period. Described in Pevsner (1958). The font consists of an octagonal basin decorated with blank shields in octafoil frames, the chamfered underbowl with a large square flower on each panel, the bottom edge crenellated; the octagonal stem is decorated with pairs of trefoil arches or windows on each side; the lower base has a band of blank shields (8) between two roll mouldings ; there is evidence of damage and repairs to the upper rim of the basin. The wooden cover appears modern and consists of a tallish octagonal base with a crowned edge, topped with a pyramidal upper volume tapering to the finial; there is a running inscription in English around the sides of the lower volume.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Tony Ethridge, of Somerset Villages, for his photograph of this font
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Drainage Notes: lead-lined
LID INFORMATION
Date: 19th - 20th century?
Material: wood
Apparatus: yes
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
REFERENCES
- Cox, John Charles, English Church Furniture, New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1907, p. 217
- Kelly, Eric Robert, Kelly's Directory of Somersetshire with the city of Bristol, London: Kelly & Co., 1883, p. 288
- Pevsner, Nikolaus, South and West Somerset, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1958, p. 275