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Image copyright © John Wilkes, 2007
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Results: 5 records
LB01: design element - motifs - moulding
LB01: design element - motifs - moulding - flat moulding
R01: design element - motifs - moulding - flat moulding
view of church exterior
INFORMATION
FontID: 12963FAR
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Faith
Church Patron Saints: St. Faith [aka Faith of Conques, Foy]
Country Name: England
Location: Gloucestershire, South West
Directions to Site: Located off (E) the B4632, 3 km WNW of Temple Guiting, ENE of Winchcombe
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 13th century, Decorated
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to John Wilkes, of www.allthecotswolds.com, for the photographs of this church and font.
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
Noted in Verey and Brooks (1999-2002): "Font. E[arly] E[nglish], cylindrical bowl, supported on four moulded shafts." Octagonal wooden cover. [NB: this same source notes that the nave of the early-Norman church survives, but we have no information on the font from that date]
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone
Font Shape: cylindrical (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern
Material:
wood,
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
REFERENCES
Verey, David, Gloucestershire, London: Penguin Books, 1999-2002