Chilcombe / Ciltecome
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Results: 11 records
view of font - west side
Scene Description: notice that the motifs on this side of the underbowl [west side] are much less defined than those on the east side
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view of font - east side
![notice that the foliage motifs on this side of the underbowl [east side] are very well defined](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1051230031_compressed.png)
Scene Description: notice that the foliage motifs on this side of the underbowl [east side] are very well defined
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Image Source: digital photograph in Gerald Duke, 2004 [www.martinstown.co.uk]
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view of font and cover
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view of basin - interior
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design element - motifs - herringbone or rope
Scene Description: all around
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design element - patterns - ribbed
Scene Description: each rib containing foliage motif
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design element - motifs - foliage
Scene Description: inside the ribbed pattern
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view of church exterior - south porch
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view of church interior - looking west
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view of basin - detail
Scene Description: Noted in Duke: "View of the repaired edges and side"
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view of font - plan, elevation, section and sketch
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 11294CHI
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century (late) [basin only] [composite font], Medieval [composite]
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of Chilcombe
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the W end, S side
Church Patron Saint(s): [dedication unknown]
Church Address: Chilcombe, Bridport DT6 4PN, UK
Site Location: Dorset, South West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off (S) the A35, just S of Askerswell, 6-7 km E of Bridport
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Salisbury
Historical Region: Hundred of Uggescombe
Additional Comments: recycled font: base is modern
Font Notes:
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There is an entry for Chilcombe [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/SY5291/chilcombe/] [accessed 3 July 2018], but it mentions neither priest nor church in it. Long (1923) writes: "The font at Chilcombe is a particularly rich example of 12th-century work with double cable moulding and foliage, and tongue-shaped ornament round the bottom of the bowl." In Mee (1939): "Norman font bowl decorated with cable moulding and a ring of arches." Noted in the RCHM (1952). In Newman & Pevsner (1972): "Font. Norman, with two modest ornamental bands." A full description, measurements and photographs of this font can be found in Gerald Duke's web site [www.martinstown.co.uk/WEBSITE/VILLAGE/FONT/chilcombefont.htm]. The entry for this church in the CRSBI (2018) notes: "Romanesque features include the font and some fragments inserted into the S doorway. The font is located in the SW corner of the nave. The bowl is circular, formed from a grey limestone. It has a chamfer around its rim, with, below, two rows of cable moulding arranged at an angle to form a herring-bone pattern. The lower part of the bowl is hemispherical, with a row of large raised stylized scallops or leaves, with two small receding roll-mouldings underneath. The chamfered rim has wide vertical toothed-chiselled tooling, the tooling on the rest of the bowl is smaller and more irregular. the rim shows sings of repairs on the W side, while the S and E side have later insertions where once the hinge and hasp to the cover were. There is no lead lining to the basin, which has straight sides and a flat base. The bowl is set on a concave tapering circular drum with a roll-moulding at its foot, all on a circular base set on a large square plinth. These are of a pale buff limestone, probably early 20thc.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Gerald Duke, of www.martinstown.co.uk, and to Robin Adeney and The Dorset Historic Churches Trust [www.dorsethistoricchurchestrust.co.uk], for the photograph of this font
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 523402 5618430
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 50.7172, -2.6685
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 50° 43′ 1.92″ N, 2° 40′ 6.6″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, limestone
Number of Pieces: three
Font Shape: hemispheric, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage System: centre hole in basin
Rim Thickness: 5 cm*
Diameter (inside rim): 54 cm* / 48 cm**
Diameter (includes rim): 64 cm* / 64 cm**
Basin Depth: 24 cm* / 23 cm**
Basin Total Height: 40 cm* / 39.5 cm**
Height of Base: 53 cm**
Font Height (less Plinth): 86 cm*
Font Height (with Plinth): 92.5 cm**
Notes on Measurements: * Gerald Duke [www.martinstown.co.uk/WEBSITE/VILLAGE/FONT/chilcombefont.htm] / ** CRSBI (2018)
LID INFORMATION
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: there is evidence of removed hardware from a previous font cover in the upper rim of the basin
REFERENCES
- Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture in Britain and Ireland, The Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture in Britain and Ireland, The Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture in Britain and Ireland. URL: http://www.crsbi.ac.uk.
- Hutchins, John, The History and Antiquities of the County of Dorset, Westminster: J.B. Nichols, 1861-1873, vol. 1: 96-97
- Long, E.T., "Dorset church fonts", 44, Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Antiquarian Field Club, 1923, pp. 62-76; p. 67, 75
- Mee, Arthur, The King's England. Dorset: Thomas Hardy's Country, London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1939, p. 66
- Pevsner, Nikolaus, Dorset, Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1972, p. 153