Shepton Montague

INFORMATION

FontID: 13401SHE
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Peter
Church Patron Saints: St. Peter
Country Name: England
Location: Somerset, South West
Directions to Site: Located off (E) the A359, 4-5 km NW of Wincanton
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end of the nave [before it was destroyed]
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Norman / Early English?
Drawing of a font in the Harvey Pridham Drawings of English Fonts (MS 56). [Folder Number, Item Description]. University of Colorado at Boulder Libraries. Special Collections Dept., done by Harvey Pridham in August 1888 accompanied by the following description: "Irregular circular bowl, moldings under, stem, and roll-mold below: under this the chamfered foot and plinth are square, - and the last named modern. Circular bowl inside, with heavy lead lining turned over outside edge and down face 1 5/8 inch. Sides within follow curve of outside; the planes flat. Depth 9 3/4, and margin 3 1/2. Flat modern cover. Position, centre Nave Walk near West end." Wade & Wade (1929) reported "a circular Norm[an] font" in this church. Not mentioned in Pevsner (1958). The Victoria County History (Somerset, vol. 7, 1999) informs: "The church of St. Peter, destroyed by fire on 27 November 1964, [...] The 13th-century capitals and columns of the chancel arch and the contemporary font were destroyed in the fire."

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: round (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: lead-lined
Basin Depth: 24-24.5 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * [in inches in Harvey Pridham [cf. FontNotes]]

LID INFORMATION

Date: modern
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]

REFERENCES

Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2008-04-06 00:00:00. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.
Wade, G.H., Somerset, London: Methurn & Co., 1929