Chilthorne Domer

Image copyright © Tony Ethridge, 2009

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Results: 6 records

B01: symbol - shield - blank - in a quatrefoil - 4?

Scene Description: alternating with inscribed floral motifs [cf. Font notes]

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Tony Ethridge, 2009

Image Source: detail of a digital photograph taken 8 March 2007 by Tony Ethridge

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B02: design element - motifs - floral - in a quatrefoil - 4?

Scene Description: alternating with inscribed shileds [cf. Font notes]

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Tony Ethridge, 2009

Image Source: detail of a digital photograph taken 8 March 2007 by Tony Ethridge

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CR01: design element - motifs - moulding

Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]

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Image Source: detail of a digital photograph taken 8 March 2007 by Tony Ethridge

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UB01: design element - architectural - arch or window - trefoiled - 4

Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]

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Image Source: detail of a digital photograph taken 8 March 2007 by Tony Ethridge

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view of church interior - nave - looking west

Scene Description: the font at the west end of the nave, beneath the tower

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Tony Ethridge, 2009

Image Source: digital photograph taken 8 March 2007 by Tony Ethridge

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view of font and cover

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Tony Ethridge, 2009

Image Source: detail of a digital photograph taken 8 March 2007 by Tony Ethridge

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INFORMATION

FontID: 14715CHI
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Country Name: England
Location: Somerset, South West
Directions to Site: Located off (W) the A37, 5 km NW of Yeovil
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the W end of the nave
Century and Period: 15th century, Perpendicular
Workshop/Group/Artisan: heraldic font
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Tony Ethridge, of Somerset Villages, for his photograph of this font
Described in Pevsner (1958): "Octagonal, Perp[endicular], with quatrefoil frieze." Baptismal font consisting of an octagonal basin with deeply-carved sides decorated with floral or shield motifs inscribed in quatrefoils; the underbowl chamfer is plain; the base is unusual in its square almost tabular shape, a protruding moulding atop, deeply-carved trefoil arches or windows on the sides; the octagonal plinth appears modern. It is not a refined work, not one that follows the better traditions of the Perpendicular style; perhaps the work of a local mason not too conversant with the pattern. The wooden cover is octagonal and flat, with moulded edges and a knob handle.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

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

LID INFORMATION

Material: wood,
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]

REFERENCES

Kelly, Eric Robert, Kelly's Directory of Somersetshire with the city of Bristol, London: Kelly & Co., 1883