Wraxall nr. Cattistock
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © The Dorset Historic Churches Trust, 2003
Image Source: digital photograon in The Dorset Historic Churches Trust [http://dorsethistoricchurchestrust.co.uk]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
INFORMATION
Font ID: 11440WRA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century [re-cut] / 19th century, Norman [altered?] / Victorian?
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church ofSt. Mary
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the W end, by the entrance
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Site Location: Dorset, South West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located just NW of Cattistock
Additional Comments: recycled font? re-cut?
Font Notes:
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The Dorset Historic Churches Trust [http://dorsethistoricchurchestrust.co.uk] illustrates a font consisting of a large octagonal basin with chamfered underbowl, raised on a central shaft and eight outer colonnettes, all on an octagonal lower base; all plain; appears re-cut and restored [unless the Victorian restorers made it, though not in their usual style].
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: octagonal, low dome; appears modern