Didmarton

Image copyright © John Wilkes, 2008
Standing permission
Results: 5 records
LB01: design element - motifs - moulding
view of church exterior - south view
view of church interior - nave - looking east
view of church interior - nave - looking west
INFORMATION
FontID: 13873DID
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Laurence
Church Patron Saints: St. Lawrence of Canterbury
Country Name: England
Location: Gloucestershire, South West
Directions to Site: Located 8 km SW of Tetebury, between Cirencester and Bath
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the aisle, at the W end of the nave
Century and Period: 12th century [base only?] [composite font], Medieval [composite]
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to John Wilkes, of www.allthecotswolds.com, for his photographs of church and font
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
Noted in Verey & Brooks (1999-2002): "Font. Norman circular pedestal with plain octagonal bowl and an attractive C18 wooden cover with flaming urn." The octagonal basin has plain tapering sides; it appears old but it is of difficult dating given the complete lack of ornamentation; the cylindrical base has a moulding at the lower end. The wooden cover is octagonal, with four small 'flaming urns' on alternates sides, and a larger one as finial in the centre
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
LID INFORMATION
Date: 18th-century?
Material:
wood,
oak?
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
REFERENCES
Verey, David, Gloucestershire, London: Penguin Books, 1999-2002