Bishop's Castle

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LB01: design element - motifs - roll moulding

INFORMATION

FontID: 16237BIS

Object Type: Baptismal Font1

Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. John the Baptist

Church Patron Saints: St. John the Baptist

Country Name: England

Location: Shropshire, West Midlands

Directions to Site: Located 40 km SW of Shrewsbury

Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the S transept

Century and Period: 12th century, Norman

Font Notes: Click to view

Noted in Newman & Pevsner (2006): "Font. Plain C12 tub on a roll-moulded base (S[outh] transept), with a flat C17 cover. A second font clearly by Nicholson" [i.e., Thomas Nicholson, Hereford architect responsible for the 1860 restoration of this church]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

Font Shape: tub-shaped

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: round

REFERENCES

Newman, John, Shropshire, New Haven: Yale University Press, 2006