St. Catherine nr. Bath

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B01: design element - architectural - arcade - blind - pointed arches

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BU01: design element - patterns - ribbed

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LB01: design element - motifs - moulding

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view of church exterior - tower - detail

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view of church interior - detail

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view of font and cover

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INFORMATION

FontID: 13476CAT
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Catherine
Church Patron Saints: St. Catherine of Alexandria [aka Katharine, Katherine]
Country Name: England
Location: Somerset, South West
Directions to Site: Located off (E) the A46, 6-7 km NE of Bath
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Medieval
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to John Wilkes, of www.allthecotswolds.com, for his photographs of church and font
Noted as a Norman font in the Handbook for travellers… (1869). Wilson's Gazetteer (1870-1872) reports a Norman font in this church. Wade & Wade (1929) note the "late Norm[an] or E[arly] E[nglish] [...] fine font, with its variety of mouldings". Described in Pevsner (1958): "Probably C13, an odd design with thin blank pointed arcading and a fluted underside." The font consists of a quadrangular basin with rounded angles and underbowl; the sides are decorated with a blind arcade of pointed arches, with supports only on every other arch; the underbowl is ribbed all around; the base consists of a short cylindrical stem and a round lower base with graded moulding. The wooden cover is pyramidal polygonal with colourful decorations; it appears old.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: square (mounted)
Basin Exterior Shape: square

LID INFORMATION

Notes: [cf. FontNotes]

REFERENCES

Murray, John, A handbook for travellers in Wiltshire, Dorsetshire, and Somersetshire, London: John Murray, 1869
Pevsner, Nikolaus, North Somerset and Bristol, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1958
Wade, G.H., Somerset, London: Methurn & Co., 1929
Wilson, John Marius, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales: embracing recent changes in counties, dioceses, parishes, and boroughs [...], Edinburgh: A. Fullarton & Co., 1870-1872