Winsham / Wincham

Results: 3 records

B01: design element - motifs - quatrefoil

Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]

BU01: design element - motifs - cusped

Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]

LB01: design element - motifs - panel

Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]

INFORMATION

FontID: 14252WIN
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Stephen
Church Patron Saints: St. Stephen
Country Name: England
Location: Somerset, South West
Directions to Site: Located on the B3162, 5-6 km SE of Chard
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 15th century, Perpendicular
Described in Pulman (1854): "The font is octagonal, and very ancient. It is made of Ham stone, painted to represent marble”. Described in Pevsner (1958). The English Heritage National Monuments Record [http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/details/default.aspx?id=262214] [accessed 6 Februay 2009] reports a "C15 panelled octagonal stone font" in this church (listing date: 4 February 1958). Noted in the Winsham Museum site [http://www.winshamwebmuseum.co.uk/church/church.htm] [accessed 6 February 2009] : "The font is Perpendicular with quatrefoil decoration, cusping below and panelling to the stem."

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone (Ham stone)
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

REFERENCES

Pevsner, Nikolaus, South and West Somerset, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1958
Pulman, George P.R., The Book of the Axe: containing a piscatorial description of the stream, and a history of all the parishes and remarkable spots upon its banks […], London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1854