Rockhampton

Image copyright © John Wilkes, 2008
Standing permission
Results: 6 records
B01: design element - motifs - quatrefoil - 8
B02: symbol - shield - blank - in a quatrefoil
BU01: design element - architectural - arch - pointed arch - 8
LB01: design element - architectural - arch - 8
view of church exterior - south view
INFORMATION
FontID: 14064ROC
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Oswald
Church Patron Saints: St. Oswald of Nothumbria
Country Name: England
Location: Gloucestershire, South West
Directions to Site: Located off (N) the B4061, NW of the M5, 5 km N of Thornbury, on the E banks of the Severn
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the W end of the nave, by the S entrance
Century and Period: 15th century [restored], Perpendicular [altered?]
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): "restored Perp[endicular] font; octagonal bowl with quatrefoils in panels." Baptismal font consisting of an octagonal basin with vertical sides decorated with shallow quatrefoil panels, at least one of which inscribes a blank shield; the underbowl chamfer is cut into pointed arches, one per side; the octagonal stem has a single arch on each side as well; the moulded lower base is octagonal. The wooden cover is an octagonal pyramid, all plain, with a ball finial.
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
LID INFORMATION
Material:
wood,
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
REFERENCES
Verey, David, Gloucestershire, London: Penguin Books, 1999-2002