Fovant
Image copyright © Duncan & Mandy Ball, 2002
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view of font and cover
Scene Description: the modern font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Duncan & Mandy Ball, 2002
Image Source: digital photograph taken 2002 by Duncan & Mandy Ball [www.oodwooc.co.uk/ph_fovant.htm] [accessed 29 September 2011]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
view of church exterior - southwest view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Duncan & Mandy Ball, 2004
Image Source: digital photograph taken 2004 by Duncan & Mandy Ball [www.oodwooc.co.uk/ph_fovant.htm] [accessed 29 September 2011]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
INFORMATION
Font ID: 15454FOV
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Font Century and Period/Style: 11th - 13th century, Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. George
Church Patron Saint(s): St. George
Church Address: Church Lane, Fovant, Wiltshire, SP3 5LA
Site Location: Wiltshire, South West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located on the A30, W of Salisbury
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Salisbury
Additional Comments: disappeared font?
Font Notes:
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The present font consists of an octagonal basin raised on a short and round pinkish marble stem and a moulded octagonal lower base; typically Victorian, of the 19th-century. [NB: the church goes back to Norman times, but we have no information on the earlier font(s) of this church]
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Duncan & Mandy Ball, of www.oodwooc.co.uk, for their photographs of Church and modern font
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 570093 5655861
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal