Frome Vauchurch
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view of church interior - looking west
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view of church interior - looking east
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view of font - plan, elevation, section and sketch
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 11307FRO
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Norman
Church / Chapel Name: Church of St. Francis, Frome Vauchurch
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the W end, S side, by the entrance
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Francis of Assissi [as of 1988; previous dedication unknown]
Church Notes: 12thC church; re-built 17thC; restored 19thC
Church Address: Maiden Newton, Dorchester DT2 0DY, United Kingdom -- Tel.: +44 1300 321595
Site Location: Dorset, South West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located W of the A356, just S of Maiden Newton, 12-13 km NNW of Dorchester
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Salisbury
Font Notes:
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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]
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
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 System: centre hole in basin
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; p. 67
- Great Britain. Royal Commission on Historical Monuments, Royal Commission on Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, London: H.M. Stationary Office, 1970, vol. 1: 119
- Hutchins, John, The History and Antiquities of the County of Dorset, Westminster: J.B. Nichols, 1861-1873, vol. 2: 651
- Long, E.T., "Dorset church fonts", 44, Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Antiquarian Field Club, 1923, pp. 62-76; p. 75
- Pevsner, Nikolaus, Dorset, Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1972, p. 214