Cloford

INFORMATION

Font ID: 15287CLO

Object Type: Baptismal Font1

Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Mary

Font Location in Church: Inside the church

Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin

Site Location: Somerset, South West, England, United Kingdom

Directions to Site: Located 6 km SW of Frome

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 September 1887 accompanied by the following description: "This consists simply of a large tub-shaped bowl, irregular in shape. It is circular inside & out; lead lined, sides of inner bowl following curve of outside: flat bottom; 3 3/8 margin, 11" deep."

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

Font Shape: tub-shaped

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: round

Drainage Notes: lead-lined

Basin Depth: 27.5 cm*

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