Bleadon
Image copyright © Tony Ethridge, 2009
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BBL01: design element - motifs - groove
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Tony Ethridge, 2009
Image Source: detail of a digital photograph by Tony Ethridge
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
view of font and cover
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Tony Ethridge, 2009
Image Source: detail of a digital photograph by Tony Ethridge
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
view of church interior - nave - looking west
Scene Description: the font and cover on the left (south) side, just west of the entrance
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Tony Ethridge, 2009
Image Source: digital photograph by Tony Ethridge
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
INFORMATION
Font ID: 13375BLE
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century [basin only], Medieval [composite]
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Peter and St. Paul
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end of the nave, S side, just W of the entrance
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Peter & St. Paul
Site Location: Somerset, South West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off (E) the A370, 3 km SE of Weston-super-Mare
Additional Comments: altered font: base is a later replacement
Font Notes:
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Noted in Kelly's Directory of 1883: "old Norman font". Noted in Wade & Wade (1929) as a Norman font. Described in the Bleadon Church Guide [http://www.bleadon.org.uk/html/bleadonchurch.html] [accessed 2 March 2008]: "The Font is said to be a Norman tub font. The pedestal and steps on which the bowl is supported are later". The wooden cover is round and flat, with metal ring handle; modern. There is no mention of this font in Pevsner (1958).
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Tony Ethridge, of Somerset Villages, for the photograph of this font
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: cylindrical, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
REFERENCES
- Kelly, Eric Robert, Kelly's Directory of Somersetshire with the city of Bristol, London: Kelly & Co., 1883, p. 120
- Wade, G.H., Somerset, London: Methurn & Co., 1929, [http://www.gutenberg.org/files/12287/12287-h/12287-h.htm] [accessed 1 March 2008]