East Harptree
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view of church exterior - south view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © John Wilkes, 2008
Image Source: digital photograph by John Wilkes February 2008 [www.allthecotswolds.com]
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view of font and cover
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © John Wilkes, 2008
Image Source: digital photograph by John Wilkes February 2008 [www.allthecotswolds.com]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
INFORMATION
FontID: 13361HAR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Laurence
Church Patron Saints: St. Lawrence [aka Laurence]
Country Name: England
Location: Somerset, South West
Directions to Site: Located off (S) the B3114, 19-20 km SSW of Bristol
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 12th century (late?), Late Norman? / Transitional?
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to John Wilkes [http://www.allthecotswolds.com], for his photographs of church and font
Font Notes:
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Wade & Wade (1929) report a Norman font in this church. Not mentioned in Pevsner (1958). Baptismal font consisting of a plain hemispherical basin raised on a cylindrical pedestal base with a lower moulded level and a square lower base. The wooden font cover is a round platform with a raised crossed section, and appears modern.
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern?
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
REFERENCES
Wade, G.H., Somerset, London: Methurn & Co., 1929