Kingswood nr. Bristol
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B01: design element - motifs - floral - rose - in a quatrefoil - 8
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © John Wilkes, 2007
Image Source: digital photograph taken by John Wilkes March 2007
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BU01: design element - motifs - moulding - graded
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © John Wilkes, 2007
Image Source: digital photograph taken by John Wilkes March 2007
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LB01: design element - architectural - arch or window - trefoiled - 8
Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © John Wilkes, 2007
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LB02: design element - motifs - moulding
Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © John Wilkes, 2007
Image Source: digital photograph taken by John Wilkes March 2007
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © John Wilkes, 2007
Image Source: digital photograph taken by John Wilkes March 2007
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view of object
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Scene Description: [ever used as a font? -- cf. Font notes]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Vera Baber, 2008
Image Source: digital photograph by Vera Baber
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INFORMATION
FontID: 12897KIN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Mary the Virgin
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Country Name: England
Location: Gloucestershire, South West
Directions to Site: Located on the A420, in the eastern suburbs of Bristol
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 19th century (early?), Modern
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to John Wilkes, of www.allthecotswolds.com, for the photograph of this font. We are also grateful to Vera Baber for her photograph of the 'object' in this church.
Font Notes:
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Baptismal font typical of the 15th century in the Perpendicular style, but noted in Verey & Brooks (1999-2002) as "perhaps of 1821", the date of the church itself; octagonal basin with deeply-cut panels enclosing a rosette inscribed in a quatrefoil on each side; graded underbowl chamfer; the inner well of the basin is lead-lined; tall trefoil-headed windows/arches on the stem sides; narrow moulded octagonal lower base. There is some damage to the upper rim of the basin but the font appears otherwise sound. [NB: another object, of much later date and resembling a planter is also in this church, perhaps used at some time as a font?]
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Drainage Notes: lead lining
REFERENCES
Verey, David, Gloucestershire, London: Penguin Books, 1999-2002