Longburton / Long Burton

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 11331LON
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century, Perpendicular
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. James, Longburton
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. James
Church Address: 3 Church Cl, Longburton, Sherborne DT9 5PG, United Kingdom -- Tel.: +44 1963 210548
Site Location: Dorset, South West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off the A352, S of Sherborne
Font Notes:
Noted in Mee (1939) as "a 15th century font with flowers in quatrefoils." In Long (1923) as a "good example of the quatrefoil type of bowl" of the enriched octagonal fonts of the Perpendicular period. In Newman & Pevsner (1972): "Font. Octagonal, Perp[endicular] with quatrefoils." The Dorset Historic Churches Trust [http://dorsethistoricchurchestrust.co.uk/long_burton.htm], makes reference to the entry in Mee [cf. supra]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

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

REFERENCES

  • Long, E.T., "Dorset church fonts", 44, Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Antiquarian Field Club, 1923, pp. 62-76; p. 72, 76
  • Mee, Arthur, The King's England. Dorset: Thomas Hardy's Country, London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1939, p. 134
  • Pevsner, Nikolaus, Dorset, Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1972, p. 257