Berrow No. 1 / Berrow nr. Burnham-on-Sea
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design element - architectural - arch or window - trefoiled - 16
Scene Description: two per side of the octagonal basin; they wrap around down the underbowl
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design element - architectural - niche or window - pointed - 8
Scene Description: [cf. FontNotes]
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design element - motifs - floral - square flower - 16
Scene Description: two per side of the octagonal basin
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design element - motifs - moulding
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design element - motifs - moulding
Scene Description: [cf. FontNotes]
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view of church exterior - southwest view
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FONT digital photograph taken 15 August 2008 by crabchick [www.flickr.com/photos/crabchick/2788717515/] [accessed 23 September 2014]
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view of font and cover
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INFORMATION
FontID: 15350BER
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Mary
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Church Location: Coast Road, Berrow, Somerset TA8 2QR
Country Name: England
Location: Somerset, South West
Directions to Site: Located right on the angle of the 90-degree E turn of the B3140, just N of Burnham-on-Sea
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Bath & Wells
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, beneath the tower
Century and Period: 14th century, Decorated
English Heritage [Listing NGR: ST2938352464] (1968) records two fonts; one is "Ribbed C15 octagonal font with foiled niches" [cf. Index entry for Berrow No 3]; the other, "C14 quatrefoil font under the tower, base missing". The old basin is now mounted on a modern pedestal base.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal:
51.267,
-3.0135
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS:
51° 16′ 1.2″ N,
3° 0′ 48.6″ W
UTM: 30U 499058 5679517
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern
Material:
wood,
oak?
Apparatus: no
Notes: octagonal and flat, with metal decoration; Victorian?