Caundle Stourton / Stourton Caundle / Stourton Candel
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © The Dorset Historic Churches Trust, 2003
Image Source: digital photograph in The Dorset Historic Churches Trust [http://dorsethistoricchurchestrust.co.uk]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
INFORMATION
FontID: 11381CAU
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Peter
Church Patron Saints: St. Peter
Country Name: England
Location: Dorset, South West
Directions to Site: Located about 25 km NNE of Dorchester
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the W end, S side, by the entrance
Century and Period: 17th - 18th century
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Robin Adeney and The Dorset Historic Churches Trust [www.dorsethistoricchurchestrust.co.uk], for the photograph of this font
Font Notes:
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Noted in the 3rd ed. of Hutchins (1973 c1861-1874): "The font is low, octagon and a square shaft." Listed in Long (1923) as a a post-Reformation baptismal font of the 17th or 18th century. Betjeman (1958) dates font and cover to the 18th century. Newman & Pevsner (1972) describe the font as "C18, with rather wild detail." In The Dorset Historic Churches Trust [http://dorsethistoricchurchestrust.co.uk/stourtoncaundle.htm]. [NB: some of the elements of the building go as far back as the 13th century; does Hutchins' description [cf. supra] pertain to the old font?]
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: round (mounted) [cf. FontNotes]
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round [cf. FontNotes]
LID INFORMATION
Date: 18th century?
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
REFERENCES
Betjeman, John, An American's Guide to English Parish Churches (including the Isle of Man), New York: McDowell, Obolensky, 1958
Hutchins, John, The History and Antiquities of the County of Dorset, Wakefield: E.P. Pub. Ltd., 1973
Long, E.T., "Dorset church fonts", 44, Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Antiquarian Field Club, 1923, pp. 62-76; p. 74, 76
Pevsner, Nikolaus, Dorset, Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1972