Norton St. Philip

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 15300NOR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century, Perpendicular
Workshop/Group/Artisan: heraldic font
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Philip and St. James
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Philip & St. James
Site Location: Somerset, South West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located on the A366, just W of the crossing with the B3110, between Bath and Frome
Font Notes:
Noted in Lewis (1876): "The font, which is octagonal […] stands near the porch". In Pevsner (1958): "Octagonal, Perp[endicular], with quatrefoils and shields." Described in the National Monuments Record, English Heritage [http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/Details/Default.aspx?id=267267] [accessed 14 September 2009]: "octagonal, Perpendicular with quatrefoils and shields". The Norton St. Philip web page [http://www.hks.demon.co.uk/norton/history.htm] [accessed 14 September 2009] notes: "the font, which is octagonal, having obliterated coats of arms, interspersed with figures, one of which represents the crucifixion." [NB: it is not clear from the context whether the reference to figures and the crucifixion is made for the font or a tomb nearby, most likely the latter].

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

REFERENCES

  • Lewis, Harold, The Chuch Rambler : a series of articles on the churches in the neighbourhood of Bath, London; Bath: Hamilton, Adams and Co.; William Lewis, The Herald Office, 1876, p. 67-68
  • Pevsner, Nikolaus, North Somerset and Bristol, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1958, p. 237