Kittisford

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 14676KIT
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century, Perpendicular
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Nicholas
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Nicholas of Myra
Site Location: Somerset, South West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off (W) the B3187, 6 WNW of Wellington, 19 km W of Taunton
Additional Comments: unfinished font? Carved only on three sides
Font Notes:
Note in Jeboult (1873) as "a good old font". Described in Pevsner (1958): "Octagonal, Perp[endicular], panelled stem, bowl carved only on five sides, with quatrefoils of different kinds."

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

REFERENCES

  • Jeboult, Edward, A General Account of West Somerset, description of the Valley of the Tone, and the history of the twon of Taunton, Taunton: Somerset and Bristol Steam-press, 1873, p. 58 / [http://books.google.ca/books?id=h-kGAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA1-PA100&lpg=RA1-PA100&dq=west+hatch+church+font&source=bl&ots=8DPeBrOd_W&sig=MBiQ5MYBqifsAD89-vQ_wGSHaKA&hl=en&ei=woMRSv6yH4jOMqKBnbMG&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1#PPP7,M1] [accessed 18 May 2009]
  • Pevsner, Nikolaus, South and West Somerset, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1958, p. 215