Wedmore

INFORMATION

FontID: 15411WED
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Mary
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin [or St. Mary Magdalene]
Country Name: England
Location: Somerset, South West
Directions to Site: Located 10 km SE of Axbridge,
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Bath & Wells
Font Location in Church: Inside the church [cf. FontNotes]
Century and Period: 14th - 15th century [basin only?] [composite font], Medieval [composite]
The Somerset Historic Environment Record [http://webapp1.somerset.gov.uk/her/details.asp?prn=10173] [accessed 30 September 2009] notes: "The font originally stood inside the west door. The octagonal bowl may be earlier than the 1400s stem." [NB: the font was moved to the south transept]. Illustrated in Flickr [http://www.flickr.com/photos/byjr/2945119188/] [accessed 30 September 2009]. The font consists of an octagonal basin with plain vertical sides, the underbowl chamfered, raised on a panelled octagonal stem and a moulded lower base; on a modern octagonal plinth; the inner basin is lead lined. The basin may be 15th-century, though the base may be later. Not mentioned in Pvsner (1958).

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Drainage Notes: lead-lined