West Compton

Image copyright © Gerald Duke, 2008
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view of church exterior - southeast view
view of font - front side
view of font - plan, elevation, section and sketch
view of font - south side
INFORMATION
FontID: 11433COM
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Michael [redundant]
Church Patron Saints: St. Michael
Country Name: England
Location: Dorset, South West
Directions to Site: Located between the A35 to the S, and the A356 to the N, near the two Toller towns [Fratrum & Porcorum]
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
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: Click to view font notes
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]
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone, Portland stone
Number of Pieces: two
Font Shape: cylindrical (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
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]]