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INFORMATION
Font ID: 13492WEA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Norman / Early English?
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Gregory
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Gregory the Great
Site Location: Somerset, South West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off (E) the A38, 4 km W of Cheddar
Additional Comments: damaged font
Font Notes:
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Kelly's Directory of 1883 reports: "The font is very old, evidently Early English". Wade & Wade (1929) report a "square Norm[an] font" in this church. Described in Pevsner (1958): "Square, Norman, fluted on the underside" [NB: the fluting would be the one created by the 'trumpet scallops' on the lower sides of the basin]. Described in Phil Draper (2004) [http://www.wishful-thinking.org.uk/genuki/SOM/Weare/StGregory2.html] [accessed 8 April 2008]: "Bulky square Norman font with chamfered corners and some scaloping underneath (as well as damage too)".
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: square
Basin Exterior Shape: square
REFERENCES
- Kelly, Eric Robert, Kelly's Directory of Somersetshire with the city of Bristol, London: Kelly & Co., 1883, p. 348
- Wade, G.H., Somerset, London: Methurn & Co., 1929, [http://www.gutenberg.org/files/12287/12287-h/12287-h.htm] [accessed 8 April 2008]