Westonbirt / Weston-Birt / Westone
Image copyright © John Wilkes, 2007
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design element - architectural - arch or window - trefoiled - 8
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © John Wilkes, 2007
Image Source: digital photograph by John Wilkes, in The Gloucestershire Photo Library [http://www.allthecotswolds.com/] [accessed 28 December 2007]
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design element - motifs - moulding - angular
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © John Wilkes, 2007
Image Source: digital photograph by John Wilkes, in The Gloucestershire Photo Library [http://www.allthecotswolds.com/] [accessed 28 December 2007]
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design element - motifs - quatrefoil - in a square - 8
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © John Wilkes, 2007
Image Source: digital photograph by John Wilkes, in The Gloucestershire Photo Library [http://www.allthecotswolds.com/] [accessed 28 December 2007]
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view of church exterior
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © John Wilkes, 2007
Image Source: digital photograph by John Wilkes, in The Gloucestershire Photo Library [http://www.allthecotswolds.com/] [accessed 28 December 2007]
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view of church exterior
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © John Wilkes, 2016
Image Source: digital photograph taken 24 May 2016 by John Wilkes
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view of font and cover
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © John Wilkes, 2007
Image Source: digital photograph by John Wilkes, in The Gloucestershire Photo Library [http://www.allthecotswolds.com/] [accessed 28 December 2007]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 13281WES
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Church [formerly parish church] of St. Catherine [aka St. Katherine's]
Church Patron Saints: St. Catherine of Alexandria [aka Katherine, Katharine]
Church Location: London Rd, Westonbirt, Tetbury GL8 8QG, UK
Country Name: England
Location: Gloucestershire, South West
Directions to Site: Located off (E) the A433, just NW of Malmesbury. 6 km SWS of Tetbury
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Gloucester
Historical Region: Hundred of Longtree [in Domesday]
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the W end, beneath the tower
Century and Period: 15th century, Perpendicular
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to John Wilkes, of www.allthecotswolds.com, for the photographs of this church and font.
Church Notes: 12thC church was the parish church of Westonbirt; declared redundant in 1995; ceded to Westonbirt School to seve as school chapel in 1996
Font Notes:
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There is an entry for Westonbirt [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/ST8689/westonbirt/] [accessed 24 May 2016], but it mentions neither cleric nor church in it. Verey & Brooks (1999-2002) write: "Font, under the tower. Rather thin. Perp[endicular] octagonal bowl with quatrefoils on each face; panelled stem." The entry for this church in Historic England [Listing NGR: ST8636889525] notes: "Small Anglican church. Foundation by C12, with some C12 work probably remaining in south nave wall; chancel altered C13, tower added by C14 and raised probably in C15; chancel rebuilt 1841 and lengthened by one bay in 1879; north east corner of aisle and south east vestry added 1955. [...] Base of tower used as Baptistery with squint through tower arch to chancel and Perpendicular octagonal font with quatrefoil panelling."
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 51.604439, -2.198491
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 51° 36′ 15.98″ N, 2° 11′ 54.57″ W
UTM: 30U 555507 5717349
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: octagonal and flat, with metal decorations and ring handle
REFERENCES
Verey, David, Gloucestershire, London: Penguin Books, 1999-2002