West Knoyle
Image copyright © Shortt, 1964
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B01: design element - patterns - ribbed
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Shortt, 1964
Image Source: Shortt (1964: pl. XIIIc)
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LB01: design element - patterns - ribbed
Scene Description: on the 'bulb' of the stem
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Shortt, 1964
Image Source: Shortt (1964: pl. XIIIc)
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LB02: design element - motifs - moulding
Scene Description: on the lower base -- Image source & copyright © Shortt, 1964
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Shortt, 1964
Image Source: Shortt (1964: pl. XIIIc)
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Scene Description: Victorian font in the Perpendicular style installed in 1879
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Shortt, 1964
Image Source: Shortt (1964: pl. XIIId)
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Scene Description: Font removed to the churchyard ca. 1879
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Shortt, 1964
Image Source: Shortt (1964: pl. XIIIc)
Copyright Instructions: PERMISSION NOT AVAILABLE -- IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE
INFORMATION
Font ID: 09939KNO
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 17th century, Renaissance
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Mary the Virgin
Font Location in Church: [reported moved in the churchyard ca. 1879]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Church Address: The Street, West Knoyle, Wiltshire BA12 6AG
Site Location: Wiltshire, South West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located just SW of the A307-A350 junction, about 15 km NNW of Shaftesbury
Additional Comments: recycled font: font relegated to the churchyard and Victorian one imitating a Perpendicular one put in its place ca. 1879 -- new rector ca. 1960 wants reversed -- MUST USE
Font Notes:
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Shortt (1964) informs that "in 1879 the Rector of West Knoyle, Canon E. Inman, removed a small but no less charming classical font [...] from his church, no doubt by faculty, and replaced it with a Victorian Gothic font [...]" In a paradoxical turn, too often taking place throughout the history of fonts, Shortt (ibid.) further informs that "the present Rector, the Reverend N.E.E. Johnson is obtaining a faculty to remove the Victorian font and replace the classical one, which was in the churchyard." [NB: it is not clear whether or not the new rector succeeded in having the font re-installed]. Noted in Pevsner & Cherry (1975): "Font. An C18 baluster font, now replaced."
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
REFERENCES
- Cox, John Charles, Nottinghamshire, London: Allen, 1912, p. 565
- Shortt, H. de S., "Tho Wiltshire Fonts in South Australia", 59, The Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Magazine, 1964, pp. 168-169 and pl. XII-XIII; p. 169 and pl. XIIIc, d