Cutsdean
Image copyright © John Wilkes, 2008
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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
view of church exterior - south view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © John Wilkes, 2008
Image Source: digital photograph by John Wilkes [www.allthecotswolds.com]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
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
INFORMATION
Font ID: 13871CUT
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 17th century
Church / Chapel Name: Church of St. James
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. James
Site Location: Gloucestershire, South West, England, United Kingdom
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
Additional Comments: disappeared 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]
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to John Wilkes, of www.allthecotswolds.com, for his photographs of church and font
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: chalice-shaped, octagonal, mounted
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, vol. 1: 307