Dunkerton
Image copyright © John Wilkes, 2008
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view of church exterior - southeast view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © John Wilkes, 2008
Image Source: digital photograph by John Wilkes [www.allthecotswolds.com] [accessed 13 June 2008]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
INFORMATION
Font ID: 13547DUN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 14th century, Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of All Saints
Font Location in Church: Inside the church [cf. FontNotes]
Church Patron Saint(s): All Saints
Site Location: Somerset, South West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off the A367, 8 km SSW of Bath
Additional Comments: disused font / restored font
Font Notes:
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Lewis (1876) reports that the church re-opened in 1860 after extensive renovations and describes the restored font: "The font is the original one that had been discarded for a pewter basin; it is samll, octagonal, and it is raised on steps". Lewis (ibid.) mentions an old "benitier" that existed before the renovation by the side of the entrance, on the outside, but informs that it was lost during the works. Pevsner (1958) does not mention the font or the stoup. [NB: church building is chiefly 14th-, 15th-century, but traces of Norman fabric were found during the renovation]
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to John Wilkes, of www.allthecotswolds.com, for his photograph of this church
REFERENCES
- Lewis, Harold, The Chuch Rambler : a series of articles on the churches in the neighbourhood of Bath, London; Bath: Hamilton, Adams and Co.; William Lewis, The Herald Office, 1876, p. 264, 265