Bristol No. 8

INFORMATION

Font ID: 10656BRI
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century, Norman
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. James aka Priory Church of St. James
Church Patron Saint(s): St. James
Church Notes: views of church and modern font [http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http://www.geocities.com/churchcrawler/bristol/james.htm&date=2009-10-25+17:20:00] [accessed 15 September 2011]
Site Location: Bristol, South West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: On Whitson Street
Font Notes:
Noted in Foyle (2004): "Neo-Norman font, probably by Popes & Bindon, 1864". The modern font of Norman-like style consists of a square basin with scalloped sides, raised on a broad central shaft and a quadrangular lower base; on a two-step plinth. The wooden cover is also modern. [NB: the church was originally that of a Benedictine Priory in 1129; we have no information on its earlier font].

REFERENCES

  • Foyle, Andrew, Bristol, New Haven & London: Yale University Press, 2004, p. 98