Bromham No. 1
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Results: 7 records
B01: design element - architectural - arch or window - trefoiled - 8
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Duncan & Mandy Ball, 2002
Image Source: detail of a photograph taken 22 June 2002 by Duncan & Mandy Ball
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B02: design element - architectural - column - octagonal - 8
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Duncan & Mandy Ball, 2002
Image Source: detail of a photograph taken 22 June 2002 by Duncan & Mandy Ball
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BBL01: design element - motifs - knob - 8
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Image Source: detail of a photograph taken 22 June 2002 by Duncan & Mandy Ball
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CR01: design element - motifs - moulding
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Duncan & Mandy Ball, 2002
Image Source: photograph taken 22 June 2002 by Duncan & Mandy Ball
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LB01: design element - motifs - moulding
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Duncan & Mandy Ball, 2002
Image Source: photograph taken 22 June 2002 by Duncan & Mandy Ball
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R01: design element - motifs - moulding
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Duncan & Mandy Ball, 2002
Image Source: detail of a photograph taken 22 June 2002 by Duncan & Mandy Ball
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view of church exterior
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © John Wilkes, 2008
Image Source: digital photograph by John Wilkes [www.allthecotswolds.com] [accessed 30 August 2008]
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 13721BRO
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 17th century(mid?), Restoration / Stuart
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Nicholas
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Nicholas of Myra
Church Address: High Street, Bromham, Wiltshire, SN15 2JS
Site Location: Wiltshire, South West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off (S) the A3102, 6-7 km NW of Devizes, 6-7 km SW of Calne, 7 km E of Melksham
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Salisbury
Historical Region: Hundred of Potterne and Cannings
Additional Comments: replacement font
Font Notes:
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The Bayntun History site [http://www.bayntun-history.com/StNicholasChurch.htm] [accessed 30 August 2008] informs:"The original font was either lost or broken, most likely during the Civil War […] The present font in the church (pictured left) dates from around 1660 – the time of the Restoration of the Monarchy". Baptismal font consisting of an octagonal basin the belly of which curves at the underbowl tapering to meet the thin pedestal base; the upper rim has a substanial moulding and there are octagonal pillars at the angles; the latter end in carved-through knobs; the side panels of the basin have trefoiled arches or windows; there is a moulding at the place where the underbowl meets the base; the pedestal splays out and is moulded at the lower end. The wooden cover is octagoanl and flat; probably Victorian. [NB: this font is probably mid-17th century, Restoration period; we have no information on the original font of the Norman church, but there is one other font kept in the church -- cf. Index entry for Bromham No. 2]
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to John Wilkes, of www.allthecotswolds.com, for his photographs of church and font
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 565827 5693176
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
LID INFORMATION
Date: Victorian?
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]