Milborne St. Andrew No. 2 / Meleburne
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view of church exterior - south porch
view of church exterior - southeast view
view of font
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view of font and cover in context
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Gerald Duke, 2004
Image Source: digital photograph in Gerald Duke [www.martinstown.co.uk]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
INFORMATION
FontID: 11340MIL
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Andrew
Church Patron Saints: St. Andrew
Country Name: England
Location: Dorset, South West
Directions to Site: Located about 20 km NE of Dorchester
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the W end, S aisle
Date: 1870s
Century and Period: 19th century, Victorian
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
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
Long (1923) mentions it as "a poor modern piece of work". The Dorset Historic Churches Trust [http://dorsethistoricchurchestrust.co.uk/milbornestandrew.htm] [accessed 12 December 2005] notes: "During the Victorian period it was sometimes the fashion to throw out ancient fonts and Street did just that [i.e., George E. Street in the 1870s], installing in its place a new replacement. Fortunately, the old Norman font, decorated with a cable motif, was re-discovered in 1930 and put back in the north aisle, where it remains in use to this day". The Victorian font consists of an octagonal basin [i.e., square with chamfered corners] raised on a square pedestal base with colonnettes at the angles, and an octagonal lower base or plinth; the sides of the basin are decorated, one of them showing a cross in a circle. It is now located in the west end of the south aisle. [cf. Index entry for Milborne St. Andrew No. 1 for the Norman font in this church].
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; r["References"]