Cheselborne / Cheselbourne
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B01: design element - architectural - arcade - blind - pointed arches - 16
Scene Description: two on each side of the octagonal basin
INFORMATION
FontID: 11391CHE
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Martin
Church Patron Saints: St. Martin of Tours
Country Name: England
Location: Dorset, South West
Directions to Site: Located off the A354, about 12 km NE of Dorchester
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the W end, S aisle
Century and Period: 13th century, Early English
Font Notes:
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Notes in the 3rd ed. of Hutchins (1973 c1861-1874): "the font, having an octagonal basin having two shallow, plain, pointed arches on each face. It is connected with the column by a curious little buttress, and appears once to have stood upon another shaft, surrounded by pillarets, the insertions of which are still visible on the plinth." Listed in Long (1923) as a baptismal font perhaps of the Early English period.
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
REFERENCES
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. 76