East Cranmore
INFORMATION
Font ID: 15289CRA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. James [from the medieval church]
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end, S side
Church Patron Saint(s): St. James
Site Location: Somerset, South West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located E of Shepton Mallet
Font Notes:
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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 font is the only feature left of the Medieval Church. The existing structure was built by one of the Paget Family, of Cranmore Hall, adjacent, in or about 1848. All circular except the octagonal base. Circular bowl inside, of basin shape, lead lined, 3 1/8 margin, 10 3/4 deep. Flat modern cover. Position, on left (W) side, entering by S. porch." No font mentioned in Pevsner (1958). [NB: the font at West Cranmore St. Bartholomew's is 19th-century]
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: round, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: lead-lined
Basin Depth: 26.5-27 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * [in inches in Harvey Pridham [cf. FontNotes]]
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]