Frenchay
Image copyright © Vera Baber, 2008
Image and permission received (e-mail of 23 April 2008)
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view of font and cover
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Vera Baber, 2008
Image Source: digital photograph by Vera Baber
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 23 April 2008)
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 - south 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: 12913FRE
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 19th century (late?), Late Victorian
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. John the Baptist
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. John the Baptist
Site Location: Gloucestershire, South West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off the B4058. Frenchay is now a suburb of Bristol, to the NE
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Gloucester
Additional Comments: disappeared font? the orig font of this church?
Font Notes:
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Noted in Verey & Brooks (1999-2002): "Large Perp[endicular] style font". Baptismal font consisting of an octagonal basin the sides of which are decorated with floral motifs inscribed in quatrefoil-in-a-circle panels; graded underbowl chamfer; blind arcade/windows on stem; moulded lower base. Flat octagonal wooden cover with metal decoration and handle. Both font and cover appear to be of the Victorian period.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to John Wilkes, of www.allthecotswolds.com, and to Vera Baber, for the photographs of this church and font.
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, vol. 2: 381