Batcombe / Batcombe nr. Frome

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 13367BAT
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century [restored], Perpendicular [altered?]
Workshop/Group/Artisan: heraldic font
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Site Location: Somerset, South West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off (W) the A359, 14-15 km SW of Frome
Additional Comments: disappeared font? the earlier font(s) of this church -- altered 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, p. 88
  • Wade, G.H., Somerset, London: Methurn & Co., 1929, [http://www.gutenberg.org/files/12287/12287-h/12287-h.htm] [accessed 1 March 2008]