Rockhampton
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B01: design element - motifs - quatrefoil - 8
Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © John Wilkes, 2008
Image Source: digital photograph by John Wilkes [www.allthecotswolds.com]
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B02: symbol - shield - blank - in a quatrefoil
Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]
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Image Source: digital photograph by John Wilkes [www.allthecotswolds.com]
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BU01: design element - architectural - arch - pointed arch - 8
Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]
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Image Source: digital photograph by John Wilkes [www.allthecotswolds.com]
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LB01: design element - architectural - arch - 8
Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © John Wilkes, 2008
Image Source: digital photograph by John Wilkes [www.allthecotswolds.com]
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view of font and cover
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Image Source: digital photograph by John Wilkes [www.allthecotswolds.com]
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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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INFORMATION
Font ID: 14064ROC
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century [restored], Perpendicular [altered?]
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Oswald
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the W end of the nave, by the S entrance
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Oswald of Nothumbria
Site Location: Gloucestershire, South West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off (N) the B4061, NW of the M5, 5 km N of Thornbury, on the E banks of the Severn
Additional Comments: altered font / restored font
Font Notes:
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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.
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: 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, vol. 2: 652