Weymouth
Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2012
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Scene Description: the 19th-century font at Holy Trinity's
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2012
Image Source: digital photograph taken 14 January 2012 by Colin Smith
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (email of 2 February 2012)
view of church exterior - southwest view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Chris Talbot, 2008
Image Source: digital photograph taken 4 October 2008 by Chris Talbot [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/998982] [accessed 2 February 2012]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0
INFORMATION
Font ID: 17889WEY
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 19th century, Victorian
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of the Holy Trinity
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): The Holy Trinity
Church Address: Trinity Road, Weymouth, Dorset, DT4 8TJ
Site Location: Dorset, South West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Holy Trinity is located at the southern side of the Town Bridge
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Salisbury
Font Notes:
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We have not located a medieval church in Weymouth. The Parish of the Holy Trinity with St. Nicholas web site [www.holytrinityweymouth.org] informs: Holy Trinity was built in 1834, consecrated in 1836 and underwent a major renovation and enlargement, including a change in orientation, in the 1880s; its baptismal font is a typical design of baptismal font in coloured marble, octagonal basin with deeply-carved angels, fleurs de lis, etc., raised on a five-column base of 13th-century style, and a plain octagonal lower base. St. Nicholas' church was built in the late-19th century, though the current building dates from the mid-1960s.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Colin Smith for his photograph of this font
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 538466 5606178
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 50.606222, -2.456395
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 50° 36′ 22.4″ N, 2° 27′ 23.02″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, marble
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal