Penn nr. Wolverhampton / Penne
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Image Source: sepia photograph, probably ca. 1909, the Wolverhampton Journal [http://www.localhistory.scit.wlv.ac.uk/articles/Penn/StBarts/Church1.htm] [accessed 23 January 2009]
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view of font
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Image Source: greyscale version of a sepia photograph, probably ca. 1909, the Wolverhampton Journal [http://www.localhistory.scit.wlv.ac.uk/articles/Penn/StBarts/Church1.htm] [accessed 23 January 2009]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 14229PEN
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Bartholomew
Church Patron Saints: St. Bartholomew
Country Name: England
Location: West Midlands, West Midlands
Directions to Site: Located on the A449 (Penn Rd), in the outer SW suburbs of modern Wolverhampton
Historical Region: formerly Staffordshire
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 15th century [base only] [composite font?], Late Medieval
Described and illustrated by James Gale in the Wolverhampton Journal (1909) [http://www.localhistory.scit.wlv.ac.uk/articles/Penn/StBarts/Church1.htm] [accessed 23 January 2009]: "The font may be said to belong to the Perpendicular Period of the 15th century. The pedestal is undoubtedly of that date, although the bowl may be a later substitute for the original." The font is an uncharacteristic one; it consists of an octagonal basin with a tall flat and vertical upper rim; below it the basin tapers in markedly but has a protruding moulding all arond; there is more such moulding at the bottom of the underbowl; it is raised on an octagonal pedestal base the sides of which are decorated with trefoil-headed niches; at the bottom of this stem is another pronounced moulding; the lower base is octagonal, the sides with foiled panels,
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
