Kingscote
Image copyright © John Wilkes, 2004
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view of font and cover
Scene Description: note the late ornamentation on the basin [re-tooling?]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © John Wilkes, 2004
Image Source: John Wilkes [www.allthecostwolds.com]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
INFORMATION
FontID: 10225KIN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. John the Baptist
Church Patron Saints: St. John the Baptist
Country Name: England
Location: Gloucestershire, South West
Directions to Site: Located off (N) the A4135, 12-13 km SSW of Stroud
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 15th - 16th century(re-tooled?], Perpendicular [altered?]
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to John Wilkes, of www.allthecostwolds.com, for the photograph of this font.
Font Notes:
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Baptismal font consisting of an octagonal basin raised on a pedestal and lower base of the same shape; unlike the rest of the font the basin appears either a replacement or a re-tooling of the old one at a much later date, the 19th century probably, with pronounced angles and rims, and a large late quatrefoil window on each panel. The octagonal wooden cover with knob finial is also modern. There is no mention of the font in Verey & Brooks (1999-2002).
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