Frenchay

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view of church exterior - south view

Image Source: digital photograph by John Wilkes March 2007 [www.allthecotswolds.com]

Copyright Instructions: Standing permission

view of font and cover

Image Source: digital photograph by John Wilkes March 2007 [www.allthecotswolds.com]

Copyright Instructions: Standing permission

view of font and cover

Image Source: digital photograph by Vera Baber

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 23 April 2008)

INFORMATION

FontID: 12913FRE

Object Type: Baptismal Font1

Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. John the Baptist

Church Patron Saints: St. John the Baptist

Country Name: England

Location: Gloucestershire, South West

Directions to Site: Located off the B4058. Frenchay is now a suburb of Bristol, to the NE

Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Gloucester

Font Location in Church: Inside the church

Century and Period: 19th century (late?), Late Victorian

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.

Font Notes: Click to view

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.

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