Westcott / Wescote / Westcote
Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2015
Image and permission received (e-mail of 25 April 2015)
Results: 3 records
view of font and cover
Scene Description: the modern font and cover
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2015
Image Source: digital photograph taken 20 March 2015 by Colin Smith
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 25 April 2015)
view of church exterior - southwest view
Scene Description: the mid-19thC church
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2015
Image Source: digital photograph taken 20 March 2015 by Colin Smith
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 25 April 2015)
view of church interior - nave - looking east
Scene Description: with the modern font and cover in the foreground
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2015
Image Source: digital photograph taken 20 March 2015 by Colin Smith
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 25 April 2015)
INFORMATION
Font ID: 19851WES
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 Notes: church built 1851-1852
Church Address: Westcott Heath, Logmore Lane, Westcott, Dorking RH4 3NN
Site Location: Surrey, South East, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off the A25, 2 km W of Dorking
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Guildford [formerly in te Diocese of Winchester]
Historical Region: Hundred of Wotton
Font Notes:
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There is an entry for this Westcott [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/TQ1448/westcott/] [accessed 26 April 2015], but it mentions neither cleric nor church in it. The present church is mid-19th century; the font, consisting of a square basin with chamfered angles has a number of motifs and symbols carved out of the sides; on a moulded octagonal pedestal base, and an octagonal-to-square lower base; square plinth. octagonal wooden font cover with turned handle/finial. All of it modern. We found no record of an earlier church here.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Colin Smith for his photographs of this church and font
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 683701 5678000
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 51.223784, -0.369168
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 51° 13′ 25.62″ N, 0° 22′ 9.01″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: square, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: square
INSCRIPTION
Inscription Language: letters
Inscription Location: on the side of the basin
Inscription Text: "IHS"
Inscription Source: image area
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]