Litton nr. Wells

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 15305LIT
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 14th - 15th century, Decorated? / Perpendicular?
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Mary [St. Peter]
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin [St. Peter]
Church Notes: The National Gazetteer of 1868 notes that the dedication is St. Mary's, or St. Peter's according to others
Site Location: Somerset, South West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located 10 km NE of Wells
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Bath & Wells
Font Notes:
Noted in Kelly's Directory of 1883: "a Decorated octagonal font". Described in Pevsner (1958): "Octagonal, Perp[endicular], with flowers in quatrefoils." Described in the National Monuments Record, English Heritage [http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/details/default.aspx?id=268083] [accessed 14 September 2009]: "octagonal Perpendicular font with enriched panels".

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

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

REFERENCES

  • Kelly, Eric Robert, Kelly's Directory of Somersetshire with the city of Bristol, London: Kelly & Co., 1883, p. 251
  • Pevsner, Nikolaus, North Somerset and Bristol, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1958, p. 218