Mudford

Image copyright © Tony Ethridge, 2009
Standing permission
Results: 7 records
B01: design element - motifs - floral - 3-petal
B02: design element - architectural - arcade (inverted) - blind - round arches
BBL01: design element - motifs - panel - quatrefoiled - 16
BU01: design element - motifs - tracery
R01: design element - motifs - moulding - flat moulding
UB01: design element - architectural - arch or window - 8
INFORMATION
FontID: 14621MUD
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Mary the Virgin
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Country Name: England
Location: Somerset, South West
Directions to Site: Located on the A359, just NNE of Yeovil
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end of the nave
Century and Period: 15th century, Perpendicular
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Tony Ethridge, of Somerset Villages, for his photograph of this font
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
Baptismal font consisting of an octagonal basin the sides of which are decorated with three-petal flowers that stem from upturned arches; below it there is a band of flatened quatrefoil motifs, two per side; the underbowl chamfer has tracery panels the bottom of which form the arch-heads for the octagonal stem sides; the lower base and plinth are octagonal and plain. Not mentioned in Pevsner (1958).
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Drainage Notes: lead-lined