Puxton
Results: 7 records
view of font and cover - west side
design element - motifs - moulding
Scene Description: the outer surface of the font scraped [cf. FontNotes]
view of church exterior - south view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © FollowMeChaps, 2008
Image Source: digital photograph taken by FollowMeChaps 31 December 2005 [http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/98201] [accessed 25 September 2008]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0
view of church interior - nave - looking east
Scene Description: notice the old benches on the sides
view of font in context
Scene Description: at the west end of the nave
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Timothy Marlow, 2015
Image Source: photograph taken 26 May 1982 by Timothy Marlow
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (letter of 26 October 2013)
view of church interior - nave - looking west
Scene Description: the font and cover at the west end
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Timothy Marlow, 2015
Image Source: photograph taken 26 May 1982 by Timothy Marlow
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (letter of 26 October 2013)
view of church interior - nave - looking east
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Congresbury-Puxton Parish, 2008
Image Source: B&W photograph 1947, author unknown [www.standrewscongresbury.org/uploads/Puxton%20Church%20-%20font%20reduced.jpg] [accessed 25 September 2008]
Copyright Instructions: No known copyright restriction – Fair Dealing
INFORMATION
Font ID: 13869PUX
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century [basin only] [composite font?], Medieval / composite
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Saviour
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end of the nave
Church Patron Saint(s): Jesus Christ
Church Address: Puxton Lane, Puxton, North Somerset BS24 6TF
Site Location: Somerset, South West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located 3 km W of Congresbury, 8 km NW of Axbridge, in the N of the county
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Bath & Wells
Historical Region: Hundred of Winterstoke
Additional Comments: email sent to Congresbury benefice asking for permisision to use the old B&W photo 24 Sept 2008 -- re-cycled font: was the base originally a basin? -- Congresbury replied with directions to ask CCT for permit (re-sent to CCT 22 Oct 2008]
Font Notes:
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No entry found in the Domesday survey for Puxton. The font here is not mentioned in Pevsner (1958). English Heritage [Listing NGR: ST4066763257] (1961) reports: "Norman tub font, scraped, C17 strapwork cover." The Congresbury-Puxton Parish web site [http://www.standrewscongresbury.org/history.php#top] [accessed 25 September 2008] notes: "The 12th century font rests on an older inverted font." The upper half is egg-cup shaped, and has a decorative moulding at the upper rim; the lower half, now serving as base, is of hemispherical shape and appears totally plain. [NB: there is nothing apparent on the lower half to substantiate the claim [cf. supra] of it being older than the upper half]
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Timothy Marlow for his photographs of this font
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 510192 5690448
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 51.3652, -2.8536
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 51° 21′ 54.72″ N, 2° 51′ 12.96″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: tub-shaped
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
LID INFORMATION
Date: 17th century?
Material: wood, oak?
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]