Kittisford

Results: 2 records

B01: design element - motifs - quatrefoil

Scene Description: only on five of the sides [cf. Font notes]

UB01: design element - motifs - panel

Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]

INFORMATION

FontID: 14676KIT
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Nicholas
Church Patron Saints: St. Nicholas of Myra
Country Name: England
Location: Somerset, South West
Directions to Site: Located off (W) the B3187, 6 WNW of Wellington, 19 km W of Taunton
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 15th century, Perpendicular
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
Pevsner, Nikolaus, South and West Somerset, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1958