Cutsdean
Image copyright © John Wilkes, 2008
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view of church exterior - south view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © John Wilkes, 2008
Image Source: digital photograph by John Wilkes [www.allthecotswolds.com]
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view of church interior - nave - looking east
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © John Wilkes, 2008
Image Source: digital photograph by John Wilkes [www.allthecotswolds.com]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
view of font and cover
Scene Description: the 17th-century font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © John Wilkes, 2008
Image Source: digital photograph by John Wilkes [www.allthecotswolds.com]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
INFORMATION
FontID: 13871CUT
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Church of St. James
Church Patron Saints: St. James
Country Name: England
Location: Gloucestershire, South West
Directions to Site: Located off (N) the B4077, ESE of Lower Coscombe [the church itself is located in the farmyard of Cutsdean Farm]
Historical Region: formerly Worcestershire
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 17th century
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to John Wilkes, of www.allthecotswolds.com, for his photographs of church and font
Font Notes:
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Noted in Verey & Brooks (1999-2002): "Font. C17, stone, chalice type." The octagonal font, with its flat wooden top, looks rather like an ornamental table [NB: the tower is medieval but we have no information on the earlier font(s) of this church]
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted) -- chalice-shaped
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
REFERENCES
Verey, David, Gloucestershire, London: Penguin Books, 1999-2002