Broadmayne No. 1
INFORMATION
Font ID: 11507BRO
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century [basin only] [composite font], Late Medieval [composite]
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Martin, Broadmayne
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Martin of Tours
Church Address: Main St, Broadmayne, Dorchester DT2 8EB, United Kingdom -- Tel.: +44 1305 852435
Site Location: Dorset, South West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off the A352, SE of Dorchester
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Salisbury
Additional Comments: damaged font / altered font : [cf. FontNotes]
Font Notes:
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Noted in Barnes (1891): "Font: the basin, 15th century, of ordinary type; some of the panels have been chiselled."
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
REFERENCES
- Barnes, W. Miles, "A brief historical & descriptive sketch of the churches in the rural deanery of Dorchester (Dorchester portion)", XII, Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society, 1891, pp. [36]-70; p. 63