West Harnham

INFORMATION

Font ID: 14255HAR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century [basin only], Romanesque / composite
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. George, West Harnham
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end, S side
Church Patron Saint(s): St. George
Church Address: Lower St, Salisbury SP2 8EY, United Kingdom -- Tel.: +44 7925 108856
Site Location: Wiltshire, South West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off the A3094, S of Salisbury [now a suburb of the latter]
Additional Comments: altered font / compsite font: stem, lower base and plinth are modern
Font Notes:
Noted in the Handbook for travellers… (1869) as "an early font". Drawing of a font in the Harvey Pridham Drawings of English Fonts (MS 56). [Folder Number, Item Description]. University of Colorado at Boulder Libraries. Special Collections Dept., done by Harvey Pridham in September 1887 accompanied by the following description: "Circular bowl, bell, and large roll, old work: circular stem, modern: & 2 stepped plinths, both square, modern. Circular bowl, raked sides, flat plan, with zinc lining ornamentally turned over, 10 1/2 deep, 3 3/4 margin; Flat modern cover. Position, S. side Nave walk, a little West of S. door." Listed and illustrated as Romanesque in the CRSBI [https://www.crsbi.ac.uk/view-item?i=2609] [accessed 4 July 2025]: The church has a simple moulded font, probably of the latter half of the 12thc. The bowl is original but the shaft and base date from the 19thc. or 20thc."

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: round, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: lead-lining [zinc?]
Basin Depth: 27.5 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * [in inches in Harvey Pridham [cf. FontNotes]]

LID INFORMATION

Date: modern
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]

REFERENCES

  • Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture in Britain and Ireland, The Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture in Britain and Ireland, The Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture in Britain and Ireland. URL: http://www.crsbi.ac.uk.
  • Murray, John, A handbook for travellers in Wiltshire, Dorsetshire, and Somersetshire, London: John Murray, 1869, p. 100 / [http://books.google.ca/books?id=hYEOAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA369&lpg=PA369&dq=hemyock+church+font&source=bl&ots=wV68KRXFhH&sig=_-CnLgSLeYKjq8YBQMsxSQrjbvA&hl=en&ei=1IKRSeTLOojKNO3c_YkM&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=6&ct=result#PPR1,M1] [accessed 10 February 2009]