West Orchard No. 2
INFORMATION
Font ID: 11376ORC
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century [basin only] [composite font], Late Medieval [composite]
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Luke
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Luke
Site Location: Dorset, South West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located about 6 km SW of Shaftesbury
Font Notes:
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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; p. 72, 76