Tarrant Gunville / Tarent Gunville
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B01: design element - motifs - quatrefoil - 8
Scene Description: one on each panel of the octagonal basin
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Roughwood, 2004
Image Source: Mark Collins [www.roughwood.net]
Copyright Instructions: Permission received (email of 5 January 2005)
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Roughwood, 2004
Image Source: Mark Collins [www.roughwood.net]
Copyright Instructions: Permission received (email of 5 January 2005)
INFORMATION
FontID: 10486TAR
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Mary
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Country Name: England
Location: Dorset, South West
Directions to Site: Located off (N) the A354, about 6 km NE of Blandford Forum
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 15th century, Perpendicular
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Mark Collins, of www.roughwood.net, for the photograph of this font.
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
Baptismal font probably of the same period as the Perpendicular tower. The font consists of an octagonal basin with vertical sides and graded chamfered underbowl, raised on a plain octagonal stem, a moulded lower base and an octagonal plinth. [We are grateful to Mark Collins, of www.roughwood.net, for the photograph of this font]
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal