Dyrham No. 2 / Dirham
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2016
Image Source: digital photograph taken 28 March 2016 by Colin Smith
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail fo 28 May 2016)
INFORMATION
Font ID: 12898DYR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Font Century and Period/Style: 17th century, Restoration
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Peter
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Peter
Church Address: Upper Street, Dyrham, Hinton, South Gloucestershire SN14 8HW
Site Location: Gloucestershire, South West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located about 8 km E of Bristol, W of the A46, S of the M4
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Bristol
Historical Region: Hundred of Grimboldestou [in Domesday]
Additional Comments: disused font (now [May 2016] used as a flower pot)
Font Notes:
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Two fonts are noted in Verey & Brooks (1999-2002), the later of which: "a C17 stone font, vase-shaped, with acanthus-carved pedestal." The object consisting of a round moulded basin raised on a round baluster-type stem is probably a baptismal font, though it could be a holy-water stoup as well, or function as one.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Colin Smith for his photographs of this font
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 543466 5703483
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 51.480828, -2.374067
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 51° 28′ 50.98″ N, 2° 22′ 26.64″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: hemispheric, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
REFERENCES
- Verey, David, Gloucestershire, London: Penguin Books, 1999-2002, vol. 1: 340