Porton

INFORMATION

FontID: 13730POR
Church/Chapel: Chapel of St. Nicholas
Church Patron Saints: St. Nicholas of Myra
Country Name: England
Location: Wiltshire, South West
Directions to Site: Located on the A318, 8-9 km NNE of Salisbury
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 15th century, Perpendicular
Noted in Pevsner & Cherry (1975): "Font. Octagonal, Perp[endicular]." The Bourne Valley Team Ministry web site [http://www.idmiston-parish-council.org.uk/Common%20Site%20files/Churches-Porton.htm] [accessed 1 September 2008] notes that the Chapel of St. Nicholas in Porton "retains the medieval font".

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

REFERENCES

Cox, John Charles, Nottinghamshire, London: Allen, 1912