Spargrove

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 13368SPA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1, fragment?
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century, Perpendicular
Church / Chapel Name: [Parish Church -- disappeared]
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Site Location: Somerset, South West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located 1-2 km SW of Batcombe, SW of Frome
Additional Comments: damaged font / disused font
Font Notes:
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, 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]