Baunton
Image copyright © John Wilkes, 2007
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view of font and cover
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © John Wilkes, 2007
Image Source: digital photograph by John Wilkes, 2007 [www.allthecotswolds.com]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
view of church exterior - south view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © John Wilkes, 2007
Image Source: digital photograph by John Wilkes, 2007 [www.allthecotswolds.com]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
INFORMATION
Font ID: 12972BAU
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century [base] -- 16th century[basin] [composite font], Medieval [composite]
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Mary Magddalen
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary Magdalene
Site Location: Gloucestershire, South West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located 3 km N of Cirencester
Additional Comments: altered font / composite font: 16th-century basin (re-tooled) on a Norman base [also re-tooled?]
Font Notes:
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Noted in Verey & Brooks (1999-2002): "Font. Plain sixteen-sided bowl, possibly early C16, resting on an earlier cylindrical base". Wilkes (2007) suggests the base may be a Norman clylindrical basin. Both pieces appear to have been drastically re-tooled; the font is fitted with a low-dome sixteen-sided wooden cover that matches the shape of the basin.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to John Wilkes, of www.allthecotswolds.com, for the photographs of this church and font.
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: polygonal (sixteen sides) (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: polygonal (sixteen sides)
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern?
Material: wood, oak
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
REFERENCES
- Verey, David, Gloucestershire, London: Penguin Books, 1999-2002, vol. 1: 163