Batcombe / Batcombe nr. Frome

Results: 2 records

B01: symbol - shield

[cf. Font notes]
Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]

B02: design element - motifs - foliage

INFORMATION

FontID: 13367BAT
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Country Name: England
Location: Somerset, South West
Directions to Site: Located off (W) the A359, 14-15 km SW of Frome
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end
Century and Period: 15th century [restored], Perpendicular [altered?]
Workshop/Group/Artisan: heraldic font
Font Notes:
Noted in Wade & Wade: "At the W. end is a handsomely-carved font, and the remains of another font from Spargrove Church (now destroyed) are under the tower". Described in Pevsner (1958): "Octagonal, Perpendicular], with shafts to the angles of the stem and bowl decorated with panels of foliage and shields -- much restored. A second font from Spargrove, also octagonal, also Perp[endicular], but simply with quatrefoil decoration." [NB: the fabric of the church goes back to at least the 13th century but we have no information of any earlier fonts in this church]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

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

REFERENCES

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