South Stoke nr. Bath / Southstoke
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CR01: design element - motifs - moulding
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Image Source: detail of a digital photograph by John Wilkes February 2008 [www.allthecotswolds.com]
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LB01: design element - motifs - leaf or spur - 4
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Image Source: detail of a digital photograph by John Wilkes February 2008 [www.allthecotswolds.com]
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view of font and cover
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Image Source: digital photograph by John Wilkes February 2008 [www.allthecotswolds.com]
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view of church exterior - west end
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Image Source: digital photograph by John Wilkes February 2008 [www.allthecotswolds.com]
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view of font cover
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Image Source: detail of a digital photograph by John Wilkes February 2008 [www.allthecotswolds.com]
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view of church exterior - portal - tympanum - detail
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Image Source: digital photograph by John Wilkes February 2008 [www.allthecotswolds.com]
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view of church interior - detail
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Image Source: digital photograph by John Wilkes February 2008 [www.allthecotswolds.com]
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view of church interior - plan
Scene Description: showing the location of the font
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Image Source: original source unknown [supplied by J. Wilkes w/o source reference]
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 13354STO
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: ca. 1200?
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Transitional
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. James the Great
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the W end of the nave
Church Patron Saint(s): St. James the Greater [aka James the Great, James the Elder]
Church Notes: Norman church
Church Address: Southstoke Lane, Southstoke, Bath and North East Somerset BA2 7DW
Site Location: Somerset, South West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off (S) the A3062, 4 km SSW of Bath
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Bath & Wells
Historical Region: Hundred of Bath Forum
Additional Comments: disappeared font? [the original font of this church?]
Font Notes:
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Noted in the Parish church guide: "Font is believed to be 12thC or 13th C. It has been suggested the piece of Draycott stone on which the font stands may have been the medieval altar stone". The baptismal font consists of an octagonal with vertical sides and a chamfered underbowl, both plain; centre ring moulding; plain octagonal stem; octagonal-to-square lower base. The exterior of the font, especially the upper half, has been drastically cleaned or re-tooled, and it is not clear whether it was just as plain originally. The wooden cover is pyramidal octagonal, with raised ribs and knob finial. No mention of a font in Pevsner (1958). [NB: the fabric of the church goes back to Norman times, but this font appears to be somewhat later; was there an earlier font here?]
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to John Wilkes [http://www.allthecotswolds.com], for the information on this font, and for his photographs of church and font.
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 544185 5688891
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 51.349578, -2.365531
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 51° 20′ 58.48″ N, 2° 21′ 55.91″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
LID INFORMATION
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]