Loxton / Lochstone
INFORMATION
Font ID: 15307LOX
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 14th century, Decorated
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Andrew
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Andrew
Site Location: Somerset, South West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off the M5, about half way between Weston-super-Mare and Cheddar
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Bath & Wells
Additional Comments: disappeared font?
Font Notes:
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The Crook Peak Parish site [http://www.crookpeakparish.org.uk/index.asp?pageid=78583] [accessed 15 September 2009] notes: "The Font dates from the 14th century and has a Jacobean cover." Not mentioned in Pevsner (1958). [NB: there are traces of Norman work in the church, but we have no information on the earlier font]
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
LID INFORMATION
Date: 17th-century? / Jacobean?
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]