Fontmell Magna No. 3 / Fontmel Magna / Great Fontmel

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Victorian font not in use
Scene Description: Victorian font not in use

INFORMATION

FontID: 11309FON
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Andrew
Church Patron Saints: St. Andrew
Country Name: England
Location: Dorset, South West
Directions to Site: Located on the A350, 8 km S of Shaftesbury
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 19th century, Victorian
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Lynda Mudle-Small, of www.dorset-opc.com/FontmellMagna/ for the photograph of this font.
Font Notes:
Victorian font not in use any longer; it consists of an octagonal basin with decorated panels, raised on a moulded pedestal base [source: www.dorset-opc.com/FontmellMagna/]. [cf. Index entries for Fontmell Magna No. 1 for the Norman font and Fontmell Magna No. 2 for the old medieval basin, also in this church].

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal