Caundle Marsh / Candel Marsh / Marsh Caundle

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 11291CAU
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century, Perpendicular
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Peter and St. Paul, Caundle Marsh
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Peter & St. Paul
Church Address: Caundle Marsh, Sherborne DT9 5LX, United Kingdom -- Tel.: +44 1935 873044
Site Location: Dorset, South West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off the A3030, 6-7 km SE of Sherborne
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Salisbury
Font Notes:
Noted in the 3rd ed. of Hutchins (1973 c1861-1874): "The font is hexagonal, with quatrefoils of roses, and the same on the shaft." [NB: there are several instances of octagonal Dorset fonts identified as hexagonal in Hutchins]. Noted in Long (1923) as a "good example of the quatrefoil type of bowl" of the enriched octagonal fonts of the Perpendicular period. In Newman & Pevsner (1972): "Font. Octagonal, Perp[endicular] with quatrefoils."

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

REFERENCES

  • Hutchins, John, The History and Antiquities of the County of Dorset, Wakefield: E.P. Pub. Ltd., 1973, vol. 4: 142
  • Long, E.T., "Dorset church fonts", 44, Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Antiquarian Field Club, 1923, pp. 62-76; p. 72, 76
  • Pevsner, Nikolaus, Dorset, Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1972, p. 132