Preshute No. 1

Main image for Preshute No. 1

Image copyright © Duncan & Mandy Ball, 2001

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view of church exterior - south porch

inside, built into the wall is the fragment of the Norman font [cf. Font notes]
Scene Description: inside, built into the wall is the fragment of the Norman font [cf. Font notes]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Duncan & Mandy Ball, 2001
Image Source: photograph taken in 2001 by Duncan & Mandy Ball
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission

view of church exterior - south view

Font image
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Duncan & Mandy Ball, 2001
Image Source: photograph taken in 2001 by Duncan & Mandy Ball
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission

view of basin - fragment

[cf. Font notes]
Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Duncan & Mandy Ball, 2001
Image Source: photograph taken in 2001 by Duncan & Mandy Ball
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission

INFORMATION

Font ID: 14130PRE
Object Type: Baptismal Font1, fragment?
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century, Norman
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. George
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. George
Church Address: Thomson Way, Preshute, Wiltshire, SN8 1TZ, UK
Site Location: Wiltshire, South West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off the A4, WSW of Marlborough
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Salisbury
Historical Region: Hundred of Selkley
Additional Comments: destroyed font: only a fragment remains
Font Notes:
The Victoria County History (Wiltshire, vol. 12, 1983) notes: "Part of a square 12th-century font is built into the porch. The south porch has a length of stone built into the wall; it is rectangular and does resemble the side of a table-top Norman font; it is decorated with two patterns on the visible side, one on the rim above, another on the sides. [NB: we have no confirmation on whether or not this is the stone referred to in the VCH above]
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Duncan & Mandy Ball, of www.oodwooc.co.uk, for their photographs of the church and font (?)

COORDINATES

UTM: 30U 585571 5698697

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Number of Pieces: fragment
Font Shape: square, mounted?
Basin Exterior Shape: square?

REFERENCES

  • Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.