Herston nr. Swanage

INFORMATION

Font ID: 11416HER
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: 1663
Font Century and Period/Style: 17th century
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Mark
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mark
Site Location: Dorset, South West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located on Bell Street, Herston, now part of Swanage
Font Notes:
In Newman & Pevsner (1972): "Font. Dated 1663, the years of many extremely simple fonts all over England. This one is specially memorable because it is a straight revival of the polygonal C12-13 fonts of Purbeck marble."

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: polygonal, mounted
Basin Exterior Shape: polygonal

REFERENCES

  • Pevsner, Nikolaus, Dorset, Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1972, p. 410