Stawley

INFORMATION

Font ID: 15399STA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 14th century, Decorated
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Michael
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Michael
Site Location: Somerset, South West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located 8 km SW of Wiveliscombe, 19 km from Taunton
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Bath & Wells
Font Notes:
Jeboult (1873) reports "a good font" in this Early English church. Not mentioned in Pevsner (1958). The 1956 entry in the Taunton Deane Borough Council 'Listed Buildings' site [http://www.tauntondeane.gov.uk/tdbcsites/her/her_lb/lbdets.asp?id=002055] [accessed 28 September 2009] notes: "Octagonal font on octagonal shaft set into square base with flattened broaches, C14."

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

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

REFERENCES

  • Jeboult, Edward, A General Account of West Somerset, description of the Valley of the Tone, and the history of the twon of Taunton, Taunton: Somerset and Bristol Steam-press, 1873, p. 88