Coalpit Heath
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © John Wilkes, 2007
Image Source: digital photograph by John Wilkes March 2007 [www.allthecotswolds.com] [accessed 7 April 2007]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
INFORMATION
FontID: 12899COA
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Saviour
Church Patron Saints: Jesus Christ
Country Name: England
Location: Gloucestershire, South West
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 19th century, Victorian
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to John Wilkes, of www.allthecoyswolds.com, for the photograph of this font.
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
Baptismal font consisting of an octagonal basin the sides of which are decorated with a broad band of cusped trefoil motifs between two mouldings; lead-lined inner basin; graded underbowl chamfer; octagonal stem with single moulding halfway down, and moulded splaying lower base. The wooden cover is octagonal and flat, with metal decoration and ring handle. Both font and cover appear Victorian.
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Drainage Notes: lead lining