Bishops Hull / Bishop's Hull

INFORMATION

FontID: 13371BIS
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Peter and St. Paul
Church Patron Saints: St. Peter & St. Paul
Country Name: England
Location: Somerset, South West
Directions to Site: Located on the link road between the A38 and the A358, just W of Taunton
Font Location in Church: [disappeared?]
Century and Period: 15th century, Perpendicular
Noted in Jeboult (1873): "The font is handsome and massive." Wade & Wade (1929) mention in passim a font, quite probably from the "ludicrous example of Philistinism" that replaced the "small but interesting Perp[endicular] church". Not mentioned in Pevsner (1958). [NB: we have no other information on the font of the original Perpendicular church. The font noted in Jeboult could be an earlier one given his description]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

REFERENCES

Jeboult, Edward, A General Account of West Somerset, description of the Valley of the Tone, and the history of the twon of Taunton, Taunton: Somerset and Bristol Steam-press, 1873
Wade, G.H., Somerset, London: Methurn & Co., 1929