Little Stretton nr. Church Stretton

INFORMATION

FontID: 12941STR
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of All Saints
Church Patron Saints: All Saints
Country Name: England
Location: Shropshire, West Midlands
Directions to Site: Located off the A49, on the B5477, 3 km S of Church Stretton
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Date: 1933
Century and Period: 20th century, Modern
Workshop/Group/Artisan: wooden font
Noted and illustrated in Billett (2006): "Alice Gibbon's two sons presented the wooden font in memory of her in 1933; it is octagonal and copper lined." The font, designed much like a stone model, consists of an octagonal basin raised on a stem made up of a broad central shaft and eight slender colonnettes; the lower base is octagonal and moulded. The wooden cover is octagonal and almost flat, with a knob handle. The front panel of the basin is decorated with a Latin cross. [NB: although excluded from the scope of this Index by its late date, this font is included here as an example of the use of wood in modern fonts]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: wood
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Drainage Notes: copper lining

LID INFORMATION

Date: 1933
Material: wood,
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]

REFERENCES

Billett, Michael, English thatched churches, London: Robert Hale, 2006