Bristol No. 16

INFORMATION

Font ID: 15294BRI

Object Type: Baptismal Font1

Font Century and Period/Style: Medieval

Church / Chapel Name: Church of St. Mark [Lord Mayor's Chapel]

Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end

Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mark

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

Directions to Site: Located on College Green

Historical Region: formerly Somerset

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 December 1886 and March 1889 accompanied by the following description: "Octagonal. Circular bowl, no lead, vertical sides, 11 1/2 deep, 4 3/4 margin; no cover. Position; at the West End." Described in the National Monuments Record, English Heritage [http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/details/default.aspx?id=379312] [accessed 11 September 2009]: "Stone font at W end of S aisle, an octagonal shaft and flared basin".

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

Font Shape: octagonal, mounted

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

Drainage Notes: no lining

Basin Depth: 29 cm*

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