Kington St. Michael
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B01: design element - motifs - moulding
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LB01: design element - motifs - roll moulding
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view of font
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view of church exterior - south view
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view of church interior - nave - looking east
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view of church interior - capital
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 10168KIN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th - 14th century [composite font?], Medieval [composite]
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Michael
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, by one of the columns of the aisle
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Michael
Site Location: Wiltshire, South West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located just SW of the M4-A429 junction, 6-7 km NW of Chippenham
Additional Comments: recycled font? it appears composite
Font Notes:
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The baptismal font at Kington St. Michael appears to be of a composite nature, the basin and base being so badly fitted together. The basin is a small hemispherical bowl with a thick moulding all around its middle; it could very well have been originally a holy-water stoup; the base looks makeshift, consisting of a cylindrical column with a roll moulding at its upper end; the lower base is circular, with two steps, the whole raised on a narrow plinth with kneeling stone.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to John Wilkes, of www.allthecotswolds.com, for his photographs of church and font.
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Number of Pieces: three
Font Shape: hemispheric, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round