Brookthorpe
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view of font and cover
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © John Wilkes, 2007
Image Source: digital photograph by John Wilkes March 2007 [www.allthecotswolds.com]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
view of church exterior - southwest view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © John Wilkes, 2007
Image Source: digital photograph by John Wilkes March 2007 [www.allthecotswolds.com]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
INFORMATION
Font ID: 12901BRO
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 17th century
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Swithun
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the W end of the nave
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Swithun [aka Swithin]
Site Location: Gloucestershire, South West, England, United Kingdom
Additional Comments: disappeared font?
Font Notes:
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Note in Verey & Brooks (1999-2002): "Font. C17, stone, chalice-shaped." The font consists of a smallish octagonal basin with plain tapering sides, raised on an octagonal-to-square stem with splaying lower base, and quadrangular plinth. Octagonal wooden cover, flat with large knob/ball finial. [NB: the fabric of the church is 13th-14th century but we have no information on the earlier font of this church]
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to John Wilkes, of www.allthecoyswolds.com, for the photograph of this font.
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: chalice-shaped, octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
LID INFORMATION
Material: wood, oak?
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
REFERENCES
- Verey, David, Gloucestershire, London: Penguin Books, 1999-2002, vol. 2: 210