Winsham / Wincham / Winesham

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 14252WIN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century, Perpendicular
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Stephen, Winsham
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Stephen
Church Notes: original church 13thC with later modifications
Church Address: 33 Church St, Winsham, Chard TA20 4HY, United Kingdom -- Tel.: +44 1460 220598
Site Location: Somerset, South West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off the B3162, 5-6 km SE of Chard
Historical Region: Hundred of Kingsbury Episcopi [in Domesday]
Additional Comments: painted font: imitating marble -- disappeared font? (the one from the 13thC church here
Font Notes:
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, p. 349
  • 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, p. 177 / [http://books.google.ca/books?id=7vcGAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA256&lpg=PA256&dq=hawkchurch+church&source=bl&ots=TjjxLXpAV-&sig=_dtNZhp4BN5ikgeudqfOs24TWIU&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=1&ct=result#PPR1,M1] [accessed 3 February 2009]