Southwick nr. Trowbridge

Described and illustrated in Buck (1951): "This is a modern church built in 1903 in fourteenth-century style to the design of the late Mr. C. E. Ponting, but it has a 14th-century font which was previously at Chilton Foliat. It is of the comparative plain type due to the scarcity of carvers after the Black Death. Behind this font will be seen an ornamental iron railing which separates it from the lead-lined tank sunk in the floor against the west wall of the church for baptism by immersion. At each end of this tank is a flight of five steps" [NB: Buck (1951) mentions other modern baptismal tanks at Cranbrook, Kent (of 1725), Lambeth Parish Church, London, and Petresham St. Peter's, in Surrey]. The entry for this church in Historic England [Listing NGR: ST8374755249] notes: "Anglican parish church. 1899-1904 by C.E. Ponting [...] octagonal limestone font with C17-style strapwork cover, said to be from Chilton Foliat."