Steeple nr. Wareham
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view of church exterior - north view
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view of church interior - looking east
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view of church interior - looking west
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view of font - east side
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view of font - plan, elevation, section and sketch
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view of font - south side
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view of font and cover in context
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INFORMATION
FontID: 11410STE
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Michael and All Angels
Church Patron Saints: St. Michael & All Angels
Country Name: England
Location: Dorset, South West
Directions to Site: Located off (SW) the A351, about 8 km S of Wareham
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the W end of the nave, beneath the tower
Century and Period: 13th 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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Medieval baptismal font probably of the 13th century consisting of a plain round tapering basin raised on a cylindrical stem and an octagonal lower base. The outer surface of the basin appears to have been re-cut or drastically cleaned. Octagonal pyramidal cover of a type not uncommon in Dorset [e.g.: Puncknowle, Puddletown] both from the 17th and the 19th centuries. Described and fully illustrated in Gerald Duke [www.martinstown.co.uk]. [We are grateful to Gerald Duke, of www.martinstown.co.uk, for the information on, and photographs of this font and church]
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, limestone
Number of Pieces: three
Font Shape: round (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: lead lining
Rim Thickness: 7.5 cm*
Diameter (inside rim): 49 cm*
Diameter (includes rim): 63 cm*
Basin Depth: 22 cm*
Basin Total Height: 35 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 99 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * [all measurements courtesy of Gerald Duke [www.martinstown.co.uk]]
LID INFORMATION
Date: 17th century? / 19th century?
Material: wood, oak
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
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