Upton Scudamore / Scudtunore
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Results: 7 records
B01: design element - motifs - diamond or lozenge
Scene Description: a geometric braid
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BBL01: design element - motifs - rope moulding
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BBU01: design element - motifs - sawtooth
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LB01: design element - motifs - spur - 4
Scene Description: of a later date than the basin
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © John Wilkes, 2004
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view of font and cover
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © John Wilkes, 2004
Image Source: digital photograph taken by John Wilkes [www.allthecotswolds.com]
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view of church exterior - northwest end
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Trish Steel, 2008
Image Source: digital photograph taken 7 February 2008 by Trish Steel [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/682269] [accessed 24 February 2012]
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view of font
Scene Description: ca. 1806
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Wiltshire Treasures, 2007
Image Source: 1806 watercolour by John Buckler (1770-1851) in Wiltshire Treasures [http://history.wiltshire.gov.uk/museums/] [accessed 24 February 2012]
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 07304UPT
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century, Norman [altered]
Cognate Fonts: The font of the Parish church of St Mary, in Kington, Hereford & Worcester, has a similar ornamentation and. cincidentally, has been later mounted in a similar arrangement
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Mary the Virgin
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the aisle
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Church Address: Upton Scudamore, Wiltshire, BA12 0AH
Site Location: Wiltshire, South West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located just off (W) the A350, 2 km NNW of Warminster, 25 km SE of Bath
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Salisbury
Historical Region: Hundred of Warminster
Additional Comments: altered / recycled font: mounted on a later stem
Font Notes:
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The font here is documented in an 1806 watercolour by John Buckler (1770-1851). Illustrated in Hoare (1822-1844). Noted in the Handbook for travellers… (1869) as a font of the Norman period. Cox & Harvey (1907) note: "There are also illustrations in Hoare's volumes of the rude Norman font of Upton Scudamore." Classed in Buck (1950) as one of a group of "Middle Norman circular Fonts, c. 1100-1150" in Wiltshire: "The base of the font is now below floor level and has worn ornaments on the four cornersl the present octagonal stem between the bowl and base appears to be later work." The Victoria County History (Wiltshire, vol. 8, 1965) notes: "Norman work still remaining shows that there was a church at Upton Scudamore in the 12th century. [...] The dedication is mentioned in 1331. [...] The oldest remaining work is the Norman surround of the north doorway, [...] which is of the late 12th century [...] The circular Norman font is decorated with bands of saw-tooth and lozenge ornament." Noted in Pevsner & Cherry (1975): "Font. Circular, Norman, with zigzag and lozenge bands." The baptismal font consists of two volunes: the tub-shaped rounded basin and the polygonal pedestal on which it stands; the basin, dated to the Norman period, has a band of saw-tooth around the upper side, and a geometrical braid forming diamonds all around its middle; the lower basin side is decorated with a rope moulding; the inner well of the basin is lead-lined. The base is of later date and is plain but for four spurs at 90-degree angles at the very bottom. The wooden cover with metal ornamentation is modern. [NB: The font of the Parish church of St Mary, in Kington, Hereford & Worcester, has a similar ornamentation and. cincidentally, has been later mounted in a similar arrangement]
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to John Wilkes, of www.allthecotswolds.com, for the photograph of this font.
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 556130 5675423
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 51.227425, -2.196146
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 51° 13′ 38.73″ N, 2° 11′ 46.13″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: tub-shaped, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
REFERENCES
- Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.
- Buck, A.G. Randle, "Some Wiltshire fonts. Part I", LIII, CXCIII (December 1950), The Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Magazine, 1950, pp. 458-470; p. 469
- Cox, John Charles, English Church Furniture, New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1907, p. 225
- Cox, John Charles, Nottinghamshire, London: Allen, 1912, p. 544
- Hoare, Richard Colt, Sir, The History of modern Wiltshire [title varies per vol.], Lonfon: J. Nichols, 1822-1844, vol. 3: 51
- Murray, John, A handbook for travellers in Wiltshire, Dorsetshire, and Somersetshire, London: John Murray, 1869, p. 140 / [http://books.google.ca/books?id=hYEOAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA369&lpg=PA369&dq=hemyock+church+font&source=bl&ots=wV68KRXFhH&sig=_-CnLgSLeYKjq8YBQMsxSQrjbvA&hl=en&ei=1IKRSeTLOojKNO3c_YkM&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=6&ct=result#PPR1,M1] [accessed 10 February 2009]