East Coulston / Coulston / Coulsdon

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B01: design element - architectural - arcade - blind - round arches

Image Source: digital photograph by John Wilkes [www.allthecotswolds.com]

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CR01: design element - motifs - moulding

Image Source: digital photograph by John Wilkes [www.allthecotswolds.com]

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view of church exterior - southeast view

Image Source: digital photograph by John Wilkes [www.allthecotswolds.com]

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view of church interior - chancel

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view of font and cover

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INFORMATION

FontID: 14132COU

Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Thomas a Becket [formerly St. Andrew's]

Church Patron Saints: St. Thomas of Canterbury [aka St. Thomas à Becket]

Church Location: Coulston, Wiltshire, BA13 4LZ

Country Name: England

Location: Wiltshire, South West

Directions to Site: Located off (N) the B3098, 7 km ENE of Westbury

Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Salisbury

Font Location in Church: Inside the church

Century and Period: 12th century, Late Norman

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

The Victoria County History (Wiltshire, vol. 8, 1965) does not mention a font but notes "A church at East Coulston is first mentioned in 1214, [...] but the doorway on the north side of the nave is probably of the late 12th century [...] and the heavily-restored chancel arch was probably of the same period", as well as "a blocked doorway with exterior stoup in the north wall of the chancel". The font consists of a round basin the sides of which are decorated with a shallow arcade of round arches ending in a moulding at the centre ring position; there is repaired damage ro one of the sides of the upper rim, probably where the fastening of the old cover was anchored; raised on a plain cylindrical pedestal and a circular moulded lower base. The wooden cover consists of four vertical ribs joined at the know finial; modern.

COORDINATES

UTM: 30U 564996 5681931

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

Font Shape: round (mounted)

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: round

LID INFORMATION

Date: modern

Material: wood,

Apparatus: no

Notes: [cf. FontNotes]

REFERENCES

Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2008-12-25 00:00:00. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.