Wotton under Edge

Image copyright © John Wilkes, 2010
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view of church exterior - tower - southeast view
view of church exterior - west view
view of church interior - looking east
INFORMATION
FontID: 13267WOT
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
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 on the B4058-B4060 crossroads, about halfway between Stroud (NE) and Bristol (SW)
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Date: 1840?
Century and Period: 19th century (mid?), Victorian
Workshop/Group/Artisan: designed by Benjamin Perkins
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to John Wilkes, of www.allthecotswolds.com, for the photographs of church and font
Font Notes:
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Noted in Verey & Brooks (1999-2002): Font. Designedand probably executed in 1840 by Perkins [I.e., Benjamin Perkins, Vicar of Wotton between 1829 and 1881]; with its wealth of small detail, it is more suitable to bonze than stone". [NB:nearby Leighterton has a font that is claimed to be the original late-14th century font of this church]
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: flat, round and plain; modern
REFERENCES
Verey, David, Gloucestershire, London: Penguin Books, 1999-2002