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LB01: design element - motifs - spur - 4

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view of basin - interior

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view of church exterior - southeast view

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view of church interior - looking east

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view of church interior - looking west

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view of font

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view of font - plan, elevation, section and sketch

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view of font and cover in context

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INFORMATION

FontID: 11307FRO
Church/Chapel: Church of St. Francis
Church Patron Saints: St. Francis of Assissi
Country Name: England
Location: Dorset, South West
Directions to Site: Located near Maiden Newton
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the W end, S side, by the entrance
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Norman
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
Barnes (1891) notes that, although the font may be of the late Norman period, it "however, has no trace of the staples for fastening the cover, which are generally to be found in ancient fonts." Listed in Long (1923) as a baptismal font of the Norman period. In Newman & Pevsner (1972): "Font. The base is C13, with spurs." The font, of composite nature, consists of a large square basin with chamfered angles, raised on a pedestal stem made of blocks, on a square base decorated with spurs at 90-degree angles. Illustrated in The Dorset Historic Churches [http://dorsethistoricchurchestrust.co.uk]. Described and fully illustrated in Gerald Duke [www.martinstown.co.uk]. [We are grateful to Gerald Duke, of www.martinstown.co.uk, for the information on, and photographs of this font and church]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone [basin and lower base]
Number of Pieces: three
Font Shape: square (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: square
Drainage Notes: lead lining
Rim Thickness: 8 cm*
Diameter (inside rim): 53 cm*
Basin Depth: 22 cm*
Basin Total Height: 31 cm*
Height of Base: 46 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 77 cm*
Trapezoidal Basin: 69 x 69 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * [all measurements courtesy of Gerald Duke [www.martinstown.co.uk]]

LID INFORMATION

Date: modern
Material: wood,
Apparatus: no
Notes: flat and plain [cf. FontNotes for Barnes' note about the lack of staples in the old font]

REFERENCES

Barnes, W. Miles, "A brief historical & descriptive sketch of the churches in the rural deanery of Dorchester (Dorchester portion)", XII, Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society, 1891, pp. [36]-70; r["References"]
Great Britain. Royal Commission on Historical Monuments, Royal Commission on Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, London: H.M. Stationary Office, 1970
Hutchins, John, The History and Antiquities of the County of Dorset, Westminster: J.B. Nichols, 1861-1873
Long, E.T., "Dorset church fonts", 44, Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Antiquarian Field Club, 1923, pp. 62-76; r["References"]
Pevsner, Nikolaus, Dorset, Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1972