Tytherington nr. Bristol
Image copyright © John Wilkes, 2007
Standing permission
Results: 4 records
BBU01: design element - motifs - moulding - flat moulding
BU01: design element - motifs - moulding - graded
view of font and cover
INFORMATION
Font ID: 13288TYT
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: ca. 1700?
Font Century and Period/Style: 17th - 18th century, Jacobean
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. James
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. James
Site Location: Gloucestershire, South West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off (E) the M32, about 20 km N of Bristol
Additional Comments: disappeared font? the original font of this church [cf. FontNotes]
Font Notes:
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Noted in Verey & Brooks (1999-2002): "Font. Probably of c. 1700; octagonal bowl on a nicely proportioned stem." The basin is octagonal, with a large flat moulding at the upper side, the rest of the bowl and upper underbowl curved; the lower volume of the underbowl is decorated with a graded moulding; there is another moulding as centre ring; the stem of the base is octagonal and plain; the lower base consists of two plain octagonal volumes; quadrangular plinth. Octagonal wooden cover with know handle/finial; 17th-19th century? [NB: the fabric of the church goes back to the Early English period, but we have no information on the earlier font(s) of this church].
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to John Wilkes, of The Gloucestershire Photo Library [www.allthecotswolds.com], for the photographs of this church and font.
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
LID INFORMATION
Date: 17th-19th century?
Material: wood, oak
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
REFERENCES
- Verey, David, Gloucestershire, London: Penguin Books, 1999-2002, vol. 2: 784