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Scene Description: detail of the adze-work patterns on the basin
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view of font and cover
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INFORMATION
FontID: 16254HOP
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 off (W) the B4214, SW of Cleehil, 6-8 km ESE of Ludlow [Diocese of Hereford]
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 12th century, Norman
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
Anderson (1864) names Roger Bagart as an early incumbent of this church in 1288. In his entry for this church, Timmons (1899) notes: "a chancel arch evidently built by the Normans ; and the plain, bowl-shaped font is perhaps of equal antiquity". The font is noted in Newman & Pevsner (2006): "C12. Plain short tapered tub on a round base." The font appears to be made up of two round volumes: the upper is round, with a wide rounded upper end, then tapering; the lower volume is also round and slightly tapering; there is no ornamentation on either volume, but the finish work on the surface is quite different, with the upper volume showing clearly the patterns of adze-work; the two volumes are raised on a modern polygonal plinth. The wooden cover is octagonal (!) and flat, with a handle; modern.
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone
Font Shape: tub-shaped (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern
Material:
wood,
oak?
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
REFERENCES
Anderson, John Corbet, Shropshire, its early history and antiquities, comprising […], London: Willis and Sotheran, 1864
Newman, John, Shropshire, New Haven: Yale University Press, 2006
Timmins, H. Thornhill, Nooks and corners of Shropshire, London: Elliot Stock, 1899