East Lulworth / Lulworth East

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 11300LUL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century, Perpendicular
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Andrew, East Lulworth
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the W end, beneath the tower
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Andrew
Church Address: East Lulworth, Wareham BH20 5QS, United Kingdom -- Tel.: +44 1929 400456
Site Location: Dorset, South West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off the B3070, about 20 km E of Dorchester and Weymouth
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Salisbury
Font Notes:
Noted in Mee (1939) as a 15th-century font beneath the tower. In Newman & Pevsner (1972): "Font. Octagonal, Perp[endicular], with a panelled stem and roundels on the bowl."

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

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

REFERENCES

  • Mee, Arthur, The King's England. Dorset: Thomas Hardy's Country, London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1939, p. 97
  • Pevsner, Nikolaus, Dorset, Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1972, p. 195