Priddy
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 14342PRI
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century, Norman
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Lawrence
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the W end of the nave
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Lawrence [aka Laurence]
Site Location: Somerset, South West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located 8 km NW of Wells
Font Notes:
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Not mentioned in Pevsner (1958). Noted in the English Heritage National Monuments Record [http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/details/default.aspx?id=268099] [accessed 20 March 2009] as a baptismal font of the Norman period. The baptismal font consists of a cylindrical basin with a moulding at the lower end, raised on a cylindrical stem and a heavy circular lower base. The inner well of the basin is lead-lined. The wooden cover is round and flat, perhaps 19th-century.
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: cylindrical, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: lead lining
LID INFORMATION
Date: 19th-century?
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]