Spetisbury
Image copyright © The Dorset Historic Churches Trust, 2003
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B01: design element - architectural - arcade - blind - trefoiled arches - 16 arches
Scene Description: two on each side of the octagonal basin
view of font and cover
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © The Dorset Historic Churches Trust, 2003
Image Source: digital photograph in The Dorset Historic Churches Trust [http://dorsethistoricchurchestrust.co.uk]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
view of font in context
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © The Dorset Historic Churches Trust, 2003
Image Source: digital photograph in The Dorset Historic Churches Trust [http://dorsethistoricchurchestrust.co.uk]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
INFORMATION
Font ID: 11427SPE
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. John the Baptist
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the W end, beneath the tower
Church Patron Saint(s): St. John the Baptist
Site Location: Dorset, South West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located 7-8 km SSE of Blandford Forum
Font Notes:
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The Dorset Historic Churches Trust [http://dorsethistoricchurchestrust.co.uk/spetisbury.htm] shows an illustration of the font in this church; the font consists of an octagonal basin of vertical sides decorated with a trefoil arch or window on each side; the stem is octagonal and plain; the lower base is octagonal and moulded, and the plinth is octagonal; flat wooden cover, octagonal; appears modern. [NB: the fabric of the church goes back at least to the 13th century]
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Robin Adeney and The Dorset Historic Churches Trust [www.dorsethistoricchurchestrust.co.uk], for the photograph of this font
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern?
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]