Zeals Zeals (Wiltshire)
Image copyright © John Wilkes, 2004
Standing permission
Results: 1 records
view of font and cover
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © John Wilkes, 2004
Image Source: John Wilkes [www.allthecotswolds.com]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
INFORMATION
Font ID: 10198ZEA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 19th century
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Martin
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Martin of Tours
Site Location: Wiltshire, South West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off the A303, 6-7 km NNW of Gillingham
Font Notes:
Click to view
Baptismal font probably of the 19th century. Octagonal basin of vertical sides decorated with a large tréflée cross on each; graded chamfered upper rim and underbowl; octagonal pedestal base decorated with blank Ogee arcade, the stem disproportionately thin; octagonal plinth. Wooden font cover, modern.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to John Wilkes, of www.allthecotswolds.com, for the photograph of this font.
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern
Material: wood
Apparatus: no