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B01: design element - architectural - window - quatrefoiled - in a circle - 8
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LB01: design element - architectural - arcade
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © The Dorset Historic Churches Trust
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view of font and cover
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © The Dorset Historic Churches Trust
Image Source: The Dorset Historic Churches Trust [www.dorsethistoricchurchestrust.co.uk]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 09448WIN
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Andrew
Church Patron Saints: St. Andrew
Country Name: England
Location: Dorset, South West
Directions to Site: Located 10 km WSW of Blandford Forum, about 25 km ENE of Dorchester
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the W end, under the tower
Century and Period: 15th century, Perpendicular
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Robin Adeney and The Dorset Historic Churches Trust [www.dorsethistoricchurchestrust.co.uk], for the photograph of this font
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
In Newman & Pevsner (1972): "Font. Octagonal, Perp[endicular], with quatrefoils against the bowl." Described and illustrated in The Dorset Historic Churches Trust: baptismal font of the 15th century and cover from the 18th century, both originally from the earlier church [the present church was built in 1861-1862 ny T.H.Wyatt. The font consists of an octagonal basin with vertical sides decorated with large inscribed quatrefoil windows, a pedestal base with arcaded (?) sides and a slightly wider lower base, both octagonal. The cover is octagonal but almost bell-shaped. [source: www.dorsethistoricchurchestrust.co.uk]
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone
Number of Pieces: three?
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
LID INFORMATION
Date: 18th century
Material:
wood,
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
REFERENCES
Pevsner, Nikolaus, Dorset, Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1972