Spargrove

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B01: design element - motifs - quatrefoil

Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]

INFORMATION

FontID: 13368SPA
Church/Chapel: [Parish Church -- disappeared]
Country Name: England
Location: Somerset, South West
Directions to Site: Located 1-2 km SW of Batcombe, SW of Frome
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Century and Period: 15th century, Perpendicular
Noted in Wade & Wade's (1929) entry for Batcombe: "the remains of another font from Spargrove Church (now destroyed) are under the tower". Described in Pevsner (1958) as one of two fonts at the time [ca. 1958] in the parish church of Batcombe: "A second font from Spargrove, also octagonal, also Perp[endicular], but simply with quatrefoil decoration."

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