Combe nr. Newbury
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view of church exterior
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph taken 2 May 2011 by Colin Smith
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view of font and cover
Scene Description: in the nave, looking east; just west of the south door
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph taken 2 May 2011 by Colin Smith
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
view of font and cover
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph taken 2 May 2011 by Colin Smith
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
INFORMATION
FontID: 11990COM
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Swithun
Church Patron Saints: St. Swithun [aka Swithin]
Country Name: England
Location: Berkshire, South East
Directions to Site: Located just S of Walbury Hill, off the A343, 15-20 km SW of Newbury
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Oxford
Historical Region: Combe was part of Hampshire until 1895
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, W end, S side, by the entrance
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century [re-tooled] [basin only] / 14th century [base only] [composite font], Medieval [composite]
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Colin Smith for his photographs of church and font
Font Notes:
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Described and illustrated in The Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture in Britain and Ireland (2008) as a baptismal font probably of the early 13th century: "plain, lead-lined cup-shaped font on a late-medieval pedestal and plinth. The surface has been retooled, and there is a clear line between the lower (spherical) and upper (cylindrical) parts of the bowl. There is a slight chamfer on the rim." The CRSBI (ibid.) adds that the font "could concivably belong to the 12thc, but this is extremely unlikely, if only because of its small size" [cf. Measurements below]. The stem of the base is octagonal with mouldings, the lower end square; base probably 14th-century; raised on an irregular stone as plinth. The modern font cover consists of a round flat wooden base on which stand a low metal construction of four-ribs-around-a-pivot in the style of the old Jacobean fonts.
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 606599 5689359
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted) [cf. FontNotes]
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Rim Thickness: 9 cm [calculated]
Diameter (inside rim): 43 cm*
Diameter (includes rim): 61 cm*
Basin Total Height: 42 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * [CRSBI (2008)]
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern
Material: wood and metal
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
REFERENCES
Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture in Britain and Ireland, The Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture in Britain and Ireland, The Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture in Britain and Ireland. Accessed: 2006-07-14 00:00:00. URL: http://www.crsbi.ac.uk.