East Stour / East Stower

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B01: design element - architectural - arcade - blind - round arches - 12

Scene Description: three per side of the square basin

INFORMATION

FontID: 09341STO
Church/Chapel: Christ Church
Church Patron Saints: Jesus Christ
Country Name: England
Location: Dorset, South West
Directions to Site: Located on the A30, about 6 km W of Shatesbury (dir. Sherborne)
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 12th century, Norman
The Gentleman's Magazine issue for July-Dec. 1841 includes a critical review of a design by G. Alexander of the interior of the East Stower church, with a mention of the baptismal font: "The font, which is circular, stands at the west end of the nave." [source: http://books.google.com] [accessed 26 September 2007]. Noted in Newman & Pevsner (1972): "Font. Of the Purbeck table-type, with shallowly sunk round-headed arcading, three arches to the side. C12."

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: square (mounted)
Basin Exterior Shape: square

REFERENCES

Pevsner, Nikolaus, Dorset, Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1972