Farnham nr. Blandfor Forum No. 1

INFORMATION

FontID: 11305FAR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Laurence
Church Patron Saints: St. Lawrence [aka Laurence]
Country Name: England
Location: Dorset, South West
Directions to Site: Located 15 km NE of Blandford Forum
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Medieval
Font Notes:
Noted in Mee (1939) as an "ancient font" in this church. Yet, Newman & Pevsner (1972) write: "Font. C18. Almost a joke; the bowl is so small." The Dorset Page [www.thedorsetpage.com] informs that there are actually two fonts in this church, "one medieval, and the other unusual late 17th century, classical with a minute bowl." [NB: the original fabric of the church goes back to the 12th century]. [cf. Index entry for Farnham No. 1 for the late font of this church]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

REFERENCES

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