Upton Lovell / Opetone / Upton Noble

Phelps (1836) reports a font of the Norman era in this church. Noted in the Handbook for travellers… (1869) as a circular font; no date is given for the font, but the date of ca. 1430 is suggested for other work in this church. Baptismal font consisting of a round basin, somewhere between hemispherical and egg-cup shaped, plain but for two incised parallel lines at the upper basin side, where the surface has been polished; the rest of the bowl and underbowl has been left rough, showing the chisel marks; the block of the basin includes the beginning of the base; the base, a plain cylindrical pedestal on a circular moulded lower base, is probably of a later date, unless it has been re-finished. The flat wooden font cover is also modern.