West Compton
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view of font - front side
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Image Source: digital photograph in Image courtesy & copyright © Gerald Duke, 2005 [www.martinstown.co.uk]
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view of font - south side
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view of church exterior - southeast view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Gerald Duke, 2008
Image Source: digital photograph in Image courtesy & copyright © Gerald Duke, 2005 [www.martinstown.co.uk]
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view of font in context
Scene Description: church interior: looking east
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Gerald Duke, 2008
Image Source: digital photograph in Image courtesy & copyright © Gerald Duke, 2005 [www.martinstown.co.uk]
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view of font - plan, elevation, section and sketch
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Image Source: digital photograph in Image courtesy & copyright © Gerald Duke, 2005 [www.martinstown.co.uk]
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 11433COM
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century, Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Michael [redundant]
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Michael
Site Location: Dorset, South West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located between the A35 to the S, and the A356 to the N, near the two Toller towns [Fratrum & Porcorum]
Additional Comments: disused font / unused font
Font Notes:
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Baptismal font consisting of a cylindrical basin with chamfered underbowl, raised on a cylindrical stem and round chamfered lower base, all pieces otherwise plain. Noted and illustrated in Gerald Duke [www.martinstown.co.uk], who notes that the church was made redundant in the 1980s and is now in private hands, and remarks on the poor state of the font; Duke identifies the material as 'Portland stone". [We are grateful to Gerald Duke, of www.martinstown.co.uk, for the information on, and photographs of this font and church]
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Gerald Duke, of www.martinstown.co.uk, for the information on, and photographs of this font.
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, Portland stone
Number of Pieces: two
Font Shape: cylindrical, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage System: no drainage system
Rim Thickness: 7 cm*
Diameter (inside rim): 40 cm*
Diameter (includes rim): 54 cm*
Basin Depth: 19 cm*
Basin Total Height: 26 cm*
Height of Base: 51 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 77 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * [all measurements courtesy of Gerald Duke, 2005 [www.martinstown.co.uk]]