Keynsham No. 3

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view of church exterior - west end

view of font and cover

Scene Description: the Victorian font

INFORMATION

FontID: 13346KEY
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. John the Baptist
Church Patron Saints: St. John the Baptist
Country Name: England
Location: Somerset, South West
Directions to Site: Located on the A4, 13 km WNW of Bath, SSE of Bristol
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 19th century, Victorian
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to John Wilkes [http://www.allthecotswolds.com], for his photographs of church and font.
One of two baptismal fonts now in Keynsham St. John's. This one consists of an octagonal basin raised on a pedestal base made of a cluster of a central shaft and eoight slender colonnettes with moulded caps and bases; on an octagonal plinth; the sides of the basin are ornamented with neo-Gothic panels in which are inscribed shields acharged with Instruments of the Passion alternating with the symbols of the four Evangelists (?). The font appears to be Victorian. The original font was probably damaged or destroyed when the tower collapsed from the effects of a storm in the 17th century, seriously damaging the nave and the aisles.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

LID INFORMATION

Material: wood,
Notes: appears to be octagonal pyramidal; date unknow, but probably contemporary with the font, 19th-century