Loxton / Lochstone

INFORMATION

FontID: 15307LOX
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Andrew
Church Patron Saints: St. Andrew
Country Name: England
Location: Somerset, South West
Directions to Site: Located off the M5, about half way between Weston-super-Mare and Cheddar
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Bath & Wells
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 14th century, Decorated
Font Notes:
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]