Watchfield
Image copyright © John Wilkes, 2006
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © John Wilkes, 2006
Image Source: digital photograph taken by John Wilkes [www.allthecotswolds.com]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
INFORMATION
FontID: 11864WAT
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Chapel of St. Thomas
Church Patron Saints: St. Thomas
Church Location: Faringdon Road, Watchfield, Oxfordshire, SN6 8SQ
Country Name: England
Location: Oxfordshire, South East
Directions to Site: Located off the A420, halfway between Faringdon to the SW and Faringdon to the NE
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Oxford
Historical Region: formerly in Berkshire
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the nave
Century and Period: 19th century, Modern
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to John Wilkes, of www.allthecotswolds.com, for the photograph of this font.
Font Notes:
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The current font at this church consists of a bucket-shaped basin raised on a moulded base; the sides of the basin are decorated with a flat-rib pattern; conical wooden cover wit finial; font and cover appear modern. [NB: not known whether or not an earlier font existed here]
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: bucket-shaped (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round