Horton nr. Ilminster
Image copyright © Tony Ethridge, 2009
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Scene Description: the modern font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Tony Ethridge, 2009
Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 July 2008 by Tony Ethridge
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
INFORMATION
FontID: 14741HOR
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Peter
Church Patron Saints: St. Peter
Country Name: England
Location: Somerset, South West
Directions to Site: Located off (N) the A303, 2 km W of Ilminster
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Bath & Wells
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end of the nave, beneath the tower
Date: 1899
Century and Period: 19th century (late), Late Victorian
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 dated by an inscription to 1899; it is made of a greenish stone and consists of an octagonal basin with a concave underbowl chamfer, raised on a central shaft and four (?) outer colonnettes, and a two-step octagonal base or plinth. The wooden cover is octagonal with graded mouldings and a tall Latin cross finial. Pevsner (1958) does not even mention the church in his entry for this village. [NB: we have no information on the original font of this church]
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 502200 5641841
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
INSCRIPTION
Inscription Language: English
Inscription Location: on one of the sides of basin
Inscription Text: "In memory of / James Archibald Sholto / infant son of / James M. & Henrietta Douglas / who died March 1st 1899 / interred in Montreal Cemetery"
LID INFORMATION
Date: 19th-century?
Material:
wood,
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]