Upper Swell

Image copyright © John Wilkes, 2007

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Results: 8 records

B01: design element - motifs - quatrefoil - in a circle - 8

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Image Source: digital photograph by John Wilkes 15 April 2007

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BU01: angel

Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]

BU02: design element - motifs - floral - flower

Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]

BU03: coat of arms

Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]

LB01: design element - architectural - arch or window - trefoiled - 8

Scene Description: one on each side of the octagonal stem

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © John Wilkes, 2007

Image Source: digital photograph by John Wilkes 15 April 2007

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R01: design element - motifs - moulding

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Image Source: digital photograph by John Wilkes 15 April 2007

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view of church interior - chancel

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Image Source: digital photograph by John Wilkes 15 April 2007

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view of font

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Image Source: digital photograph by John Wilkes 15 April 2007

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INFORMATION

FontID: 12964SWE
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Mary
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Country Name: England
Location: Gloucestershire, South West
Directions to Site: Located 1.5 km W of Stow-in-the-Wold
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 15th century?, Perpendicular
Workshop/Group/Artisan: heraldic font
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to John Wilkes, of www.allthecotswolds.com, for the photographs of this church and font.
Noted in Verey & Brooks (1999-2002): "Font. Octagonal; a beautiful Perp[endicular] example. The bowl has quatrefoils and the chamfer flowers, a shield and an angel; stem with trefoil-headed panels." [NB: according to John Wilkes the south doorway of this church is Norman but we have no information on the earlier font(s) of this church].

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Drainage Notes: lead lining

LID INFORMATION

Notes: metal staples at opposite ends on the upper rim of the basin

REFERENCES

Verey, David, Gloucestershire, London: Penguin Books, 1999-2002