Sherrington

Noted in Pevsner & Cherry (1975): "Font. E[arly] E[nglish], plain, with fleurs-de-lis against the underside of the bowl. Font cover. Of c.1630 again." The Victoria County History (Wiltshire, vol. 15, 1995) notes: "A priest of Sherrington mentioned 1130 or 1135 [...] may have served a church there, and there was a chaplain at Sherrington in 1249; [...] the church was first referred to directly in 1252 when it was served by a rector. [...] the plan of the new church may match that of part of the old one [...] The church has a 13th-century font," The baptismal font at Sherrington's parish church is probably the original from the medieval building; like other parts of the building it appears to have been 'modernised' [the basin is octagonal with plain tapering sides rounded at the underbowl, where a braid or garland was re-carved]; the basin is mounted on an octagonal pedestal with moulded base and a square lower base or plinth. There are significant repairs to the upper rim sides, consistent with the forceful removal of the iron staples of the old cover. The wooden font cover is octagonal of the rib-around-a-pivot design. [NB: this church underwent a major rebuilding and refitting in the 1620s].