Weston Bampfylde

Results: 2 records

BBL01: design element - motifs - rope moulding

[cf. Font notes]
Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]

BBU01: design element - motifs - moulding

[cf. Font notes]
Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]

INFORMATION

FontID: 13496WES
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of the Holy Cross
Church Patron Saints: The Holy Cross
Country Name: England
Location: Somerset, South West
Directions to Site: Located off (S) the A303, 2 km S of Sparkford, 11-12 km WSW of Wincanton
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 12th century, Late Norman
Font Notes:
Kelly's Directory of 1883 reports "an ancient font" in this church. Wade & Wade (1929) report a "Norm[an] font with cable mouldings" in this church. Described in Pevsner (1958): "Late Norman circular bowl with nutmeg top moulding and cable bottom moulding."

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: round
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

REFERENCES

Kelly, Eric Robert, Kelly's Directory of Somersetshire with the city of Bristol, London: Kelly & Co., 1883
Pevsner, Nikolaus, South and West Somerset, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1958
Wade, G.H., Somerset, London: Methurn & Co., 1929