Winford

INFORMATION

FontID: 15286WIN

Object Type: Baptismal Font1

Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Mary and St. Peter

Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin & St. Peter

Country Name: England

Location: Somerset, South West

Directions to Site: Located 13 km S of Bristol

Font Location in Church: Inside the church

Century and Period: 15th century, Perpendicular

Font Notes: Click to view

Drawing of a font in the Harvey Pridham Drawings of English Fonts (MS 56). [Folder Number, Item Description]. University of Colorado at Boulder Libraries. Special Collections Dept., done by Harvey Pridham in 1887 accompanied by the following description: "Octagonal. Circular bowl, lead lined, flat at bottom, vertical sides. 3 1/2 margin; about 12" deep. NB - This font has another modern appearance. No cover." The National Monuments Record, English Heritage [http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/details/default.aspx?id=33986] [accessed 11 September 2009] notes: "Plain Perpendicular style font". Not mentioned in Pevsner (1958).

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

Drainage Notes: lead-lined

Basin Depth: 30 cm*

Notes on Measurements: * [in inches in Harvey Pridham [cf. FontNotes]]