West Orchard No. 2

INFORMATION

FontID: 11376ORC
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Luke
Church Patron Saints: St. Luke
Country Name: England
Location: Dorset, South West
Directions to Site: Located about 6 km SW of Shaftesbury
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 15th century [basin only] [composite font], Late Medieval [composite]
Noted in Long (1923) as a "good example of the quatrefoil type of bowl" of the enriched octagonal fonts of the Perpendicular period. [cf. Index entry for West Orchard No. 1 for a possible Norman basin in the churchyard]

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"]