South Barrow

INFORMATION

FontID: 13365BAR
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Peter
Church Patron Saints: St. Peter
Country Name: England
Location: Somerset, South West
Directions to Site: Located off (W) the A359, about halfway between Frome (NNE) and Yeovil (SSW)
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Date: 1584?
Century and Period: 13th century [stem only] -- 16th century(late?) [basin only] [composite font], Medieval [composite]
Noted in Wade & Wade (1929): "The font, dated 1584, has a curious E[arly] E[nglish] look." Described in Pevsner (1958): "The stem C13, the bowl completely plain, octagonal, with initials and the date 1584."

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

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

INSCRIPTION

Inscription Language: letters and numbers
Inscription Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
Inscription Location: on the basin side

REFERENCES

Pevsner, Nikolaus, South and West Somerset, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1958
Wade, G.H., Somerset, London: Methurn & Co., 1929