Berrow No. 3 / Berrow nr. Burnham-on-Sea

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design element - architectural - arch or window - pointed - 8

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design element - architectural - arch or window - trefoiled - 16

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Tony Ethridge, 2009

Image Source: detail of a digital photograph taken 7 September 2006 by Tony Ethridge

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design element - motifs - floral - square flower - 16

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design element - motifs - moulding

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design element - motifs - moulding

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design element - motifs - moulding

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Tony Ethridge, 2009

Image Source: detail of a digital photograph taken 7 September 2006 by Tony Ethridge

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view of church interior - looking southeast

Scene Description: the 14th-century font located opposite the south entrance

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Tony Ethridge, 2009

Image Source: digital photograph taken 7 September 2006 by Tony Ethridge

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view of font and cover

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INFORMATION

FontID: 14711BER
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Mary
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Church Location: Coast Road, Berrow, Somerset TA8 2QR
Country Name: England
Location: Somerset, South West
Directions to Site: Located right on the angle of the 90-degree E turn of the B3140, just N of Burnham-on-Sea
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Bath & Wells
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the nave, opposite the S entrance
Century and Period: 15th century, Perpendicular
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Tony Ethridge, of Somerset Villages, for the photograph of this font
English Heritage [Listing NGR: ST2938352464] (1968) records two fonts; one is "Ribbed C15 octagonal font with foiled niches". The present font consists of an octagonal basin with rounded sides and underbowl, which give it a slightly -tulip-shaped form; it is decorated with a moulding at the upper rim, below which is a band of sixteen floral motifs, two per side; the lower sides and underbowl have a set of deeply-carved trefoil-headed arches or windows; pronounced moulding at the centre ring position; the octagonal stem has pointed windows; the slightly splaying lower base is octagonal and moulded. The wooden cover is octagonal and flat, with metal decoration and ring handle; appears 19th-century.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 51.267, -3.0135
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 51° 16′ 1.2″ N, 3° 0′ 48.6″ W
UTM: 30U 499058 5679517

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

LID INFORMATION

Date: 19th-century?
Material: wood,
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]