Alstone / Alston
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view of church exterior
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © John Wilkes, 2007
Image Source: digital photograph taken on 19 March 2007 by John Wilkes [www.allthecotswolds.com]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
view of church exterior - south door - tympanum - detail
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © John Wilkes, 2007
Image Source: digital photograph taken on 19 March 2007 by John Wilkes [www.allthecotswolds.com]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
view of font and cover
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © John Wilkes, 2007
Image Source: digital photograph taken on 19 March 2007 by John Wilkes [www.allthecotswolds.com]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
INFORMATION
FontID: 12833ALS
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Margaret of Antioch
Church Patron Saints: St. Margaret of Antioch [aka Margaret the Virgin, Marina]
Country Name: England
Location: Gloucestershire, South West
Directions to Site: Located off the A46 (E) and the B4077 (S), 9 km E of Tewksbury
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 14th century, Decorated
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to John Wilkes, of www.allthecotswolds.com, for the photographs of this church and font.
Font Notes:
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Noted in Verey & Brooks (1999-2002): "Font. Massive plain octagonal C14 bowl resting on a chamfered octagonal base." The basin is octagonal and tall, with a double flat moulding around the upper basin side; octagonal moulded base; narrow octagonal plinth with kneeling stone; modern. Flat octagonal wooden cover; modern.
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: [cf. FontNotes]
REFERENCES
Verey, David, Gloucestershire, London: Penguin Books, 1999-2002