Langford Budville

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 15374LAN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th - 18th century [composite font?], Perpendicular [composite]
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Peter
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Peter
Site Location: Somerset, South West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located 3 km NW of Wellington
Font Notes:
Described in Pevsner (1958): "Perp[endicular], octagonal. Stem with panels and angle buttresses. Bowl with panelled underside. The form and carving of the bowl itself look very late, perhaps Marian [i.e., 1689+)". The National Monuments Record [http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/details/default.aspx?id=270981] [accessed 22 September 2009] notes: "Perpendicular font on ornately carved base, possibly mid C16."

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

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

REFERENCES

  • Pevsner, Nikolaus, South and West Somerset, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1958, p. 216