Lympsham
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 13450LYM
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century, Norman
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Christopher
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Christopher
Site Location: Somerset, South West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located W of the A370, 10 km SSE of Weston-supre-Mare
Additional Comments: re-cycled font?
Font Notes:
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Wade & Wade (1929) report a tub font of the 12th century in this church. Not mentioned in Pevsner (1958). The font is now [February 2009] coated in thick whitewash; it consists of a tub-shaped basin with a single moulding all around [NB: this could be a metal reinforcement belt, rather than a moulding; the whitewash makes it look like a moulding]; raised on a cylindrical stem decorated with a tall zigzag moulding; the lower base appears shaped like a cushion-capital; stands on a two-step plinth. The wooden cover is an octagonal pyramid with a crwon-like lower platform; appears Victorian (?) [NB: the present church is said to date from the 15th century; perhaps this font belonged to an earlier edifice?]
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: tub-shaped
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
LID INFORMATION
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
REFERENCES
- Wade, G.H., Somerset, London: Methurn & Co., 1929, [http://www.gutenberg.org/files/12287/12287-h/12287-h.htm] [accessed 26 March 2008]