Blunsdon St. Andrew / Little Blunsdon
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view of basin in context
Scene Description: the octagonal basin visible behing the pews
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Image Source: detail of a photograph taken by Duncan & Mandy Ball
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view of church interior - nave - looking west
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Duncan & Mandy Ball, 2000
Image Source: photograph taken by Duncan & Mandy Ball
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
INFORMATION
Font ID: 14115BLU
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Transitional / Early English
Cognate Fonts: [cf. FontNotes]
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Andrew, Blunsdon
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end of the nave
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Andrew
Church Address: Tadpole Ln, Blunsdon St Andrew, Swindon SN25 2DW, United Kingdom
Site Location: Wiltshire, South West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located on the B4534, just NNW of Swindon
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Salisbury
Font Notes:
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Noted in Buck (1951) as a group of octagonal baptismal fonts with simple plain mouldings and dating from the late 12th or early 13th century in the county of Wiltshire, at Alderton, Blunsdon St. Andrew, Broad Hinton, Collingbourne Kingston, Corston, Fonthill Bishop, Idmiston, Lydiard Tregoze, Marden and Melksham. The font consists of an octagonal basin with plain tapering sides and a rim moulding, raised on a pedestal base.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Duncan & Mandy Ball, of www.oodwooc.co.uk, for their photograph of this font
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
REFERENCES
- Buck, A.G. Randle, "Some Wiltshire fonts. Part II", LIV, CXCIV (June 1951), The Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Magazine, 1951, pp. 19-35; p. 32