Binegar nr. Radstock No. 1

INFORMATION

Font ID: 13329BIN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: ca. 1400?
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century, Perpendicular
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of the Holy Trinity
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): The Holy Trinity
Site Location: Somerset, South West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located on Station Rd.
Additional Comments: re-cycled font / re-used font / disappeared fonts? [cf. FontNotes]
Font Notes:
The National Monuments Record, English Heritage [http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/details/default.aspx?id=268021] [accessed 9 September 2009] reports a "C15 octagonal font" in this church. Noted in The Church of England, Diocese of Bath & Wells site [http://www.acny.org.uk/venue.php?V=11038] [accessed 30 Januray 2008]: "Also surviving from this early 15th century building, is the Jacobean altar table, the octagonal font, some Mural Sepulchria, Communion Plate and three of the six tower bells." [cf. Index entry for Binegar No. 2 for the re-used holy-water stoup of the old church [NB: we have no information on the fonts of the two earlier churchs, the first of which is reported to date to the 8th century]]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal