Herston nr. Swanage

INFORMATION

FontID: 11416HER
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Mark
Church Patron Saints: St. Mark
Country Name: England
Location: Dorset, South West
Directions to Site: Located on Bell Street, Herston, now part of Swanage
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Date: 1663
Century and Period: 17th century
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