Winterbourne Down
Image copyright © John Wilkes, 2007
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view of church exterior - south view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © John Wilkes, 2007
Image Source: digital photograph taken by John Wilkes March 2007 [www.allthecotswolds.com]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
view of font and cover
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © John Wilkes, 2007
Image Source: digital photograph taken by John Wilkes March 2007 [www.allthecotswolds.com]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
INFORMATION
FontID: 12914WIN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of All Saints
Church Patron Saints: All Saints
Country Name: England
Location: Gloucestershire, South West
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Bristol
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 his photographs of church and font.
Font Notes:
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Baptismal font consisting of a cylindrical basin the sides of which are decorated with a blind arcade of trefoil-headed arches in the style of the Early English period; ditto the foliage on the underbowl, the round stem, etc., but all of it carried out in the Victorian version of the original.
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 533627 5707240
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: round (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
LID INFORMATION
Date: 19th century? Victorian?
Material: wood
Notes: wooden round cover with conical centre-piece; contemporary with the font?