Dinder

Image copyright © Tony Ethridge, 2008
Standing permission
Results: 6 records
B01: symbol - shield - blank - in a quatrefoil - 8
BU01: design element - motifs - moulding
CR01: design element - motifs - moulding
LB01: design element - motifs - roll moulding
UB01: design element - architectural - window or niche - trefoiled - 8
INFORMATION
FontID: 15283DIN
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Michael and All Saints
Church Patron Saints: St. Michael & All Saints
Country Name: England
Location: Somerset, South West
Directions to Site: Located 3 km E of Wells, 4 km W of Shepton Mallet
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 15th century, Perpendicular
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Tony Ethridge, of Somerset Villages, for the photographs of this font
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
Noted in the National Gazetteer of 1868 as an ornametal font. Described in the National Monuments Record, English Heritage [http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/details/default.aspx?id=268058] [accessed 10 September 2009]: "Octagonally Perpendicular font, a quatrefoil to each face." The quatrefoils on each side of the basin inscribe a blank shield; the underbowl is moulded, and there is a protruding moulding at the centre ring position; the tem sides have trefoiled windows and the lower base has a thick roll moulding ; there is a mini plinth, square with chamfered angles. The wooden cover is box-like and octagonal.
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
LID INFORMATION
Material:
wood,
oak
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
REFERENCES
The National Gazetteer: a Topographical Dictionary of the British Isles, London: Virtue & Co., 1868