Broadwell / Bradewelle / Broadwell nr. Stow-on-the-Wold

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design element - motifs - moulding

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design element - motifs - floral - in a quatrefoil - in a circle - 8

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design element - motifs - moulding

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design element - motifs - moulding

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view of font

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 12989BRO
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century (early?), Perpendicular
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Paul
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, by the S doorway
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Paul
Church Address: Chapel St, Broadwell, Gloucestershire, GL56 0YD, UK
Site Location: Gloucestershire, South West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off (E) the A429, 3-4 km NNE of Stow-on-the-Wold
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Gloucester
Historical Region: Hundred of Salmonsbury [in Domesday] -- Hundred of Slaughter
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one from the 11thC(?) church here)
Font Notes:
There is an entry for this Broadwell [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/SP2027/broadwell/] [accessed 13 December 2018]; it mentions a priest in it, bout not a church, though there must have been one there. The entry for this parish in the Victoria County History (Gloucester, vol. 6, 1965): "There was a priest in Broadwell in 1086 [...] Apart from one of three pieces of stone standing in the porch, carved with what appears to be Saxon decoration, (fn. 287) the oldest part of the fabric is Norman. [...] The font is of the early 15th century." The entry for this church in Historic England [Listing NGR: SP2004927701] notes: "Anglican parish church. C12, C13, C17, C20, restoration 1860. [...] early C15 octagonal stone font with quatrefoil decoration adjacent to south door." Described in Verey & Brooks (1999-2002): "Font. Octagonal, with quatrefoils; early C15." Baptismal font of the Perpendicular period: octagonal basin with vertical sides decorated with floral motifs inscribed in quatrefoil-in-a-circle panels, with the upper and lower basin rims moulded; plain chamfered underbowl, thin moulding at the top of the stem, the latter plain and octagonal, the same as the lower base; on a narrow polygonal plinth with kneeling stone. The inner well of the basin is lead-lined.
A 3-D model of this font made by Laurence may be seen in Sketchfab [https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/font-st-pauls-broadwell-0e81a7d6607d4929bc559c28b221b2e8] [accessed 25 July 2025]; its caption reads: "The stone font at St Pauls, Broadwell, Gloucestershire. Early C15 octagonal stone font with quatrefoil decoration adjacent to south door."
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to John Wilkes, of www.allthecotswolds.com, for the photographs of this church and font.

COORDINATES

UTM: 30U 588695 5756023
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 51.94784, -1.7095
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 51° 56′ 52.22″ N, 1° 42′ 34.2″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

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

REFERENCES

  • Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.
  • Verey, David, Gloucestershire, London: Penguin Books, 1999-2002, vol. 1: 200