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B01: design element - motifs - quatrefoil - 16
Scene Description: two on each side of the octagonal basin
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BU01: design element - motifs - moulding - graded
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view of church exterior - southeast view
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view of church interior - looking east
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view of church interior - looking west
Scene Description: the font on the south side, by the entrance
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view of font
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view of font - plan, elevation, section and sketch
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INFORMATION
FontID: 11407ARN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Nicholas
Church Patron Saints: St. Nicholas of Myra
Country Name: England
Location: Dorset, South West
Directions to Site: Located off (E) the A351, ENE of Wareham, towards Poole Harbour
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the W end, S side
Century and Period: 14th century, Medieval
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Gerald Duke, of www.martinstown.co.uk, for the information on, and photographs of this font.
Font Notes:
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Octagonal baptismal font, the sides of the basin decorated with quatrefoil motif and moulded lower down. Noted in Hutchins (1861-1873) and in the RCHM (1970). Described and fully illustrated in Gerald Duke [www.martinstown.co.uk]
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, limestone
Number of Pieces: two
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Rim Thickness: 8 cm*
Diameter (inside rim): 54 cm*
Diameter (includes rim): 70 cm*
Basin Depth: 19 cm*
Basin Total Height: 50 cm*
Height of Base: 52 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 102 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * [all measurements courtesy of Gerald Duke [www.martinstown.co.uk]]
LID INFORMATION
Date: 19th century
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: conical wooden cover with finial; 19th century
REFERENCES
Great Britain. Royal Commission on Historical Monuments, Royal Commission on Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, London: H.M. Stationary Office, 1970
Hutchins, John, The History and Antiquities of the County of Dorset, Westminster: J.B. Nichols, 1861-1873