Compton Chamberlayne No. 2

Results: 2 records

design element - motifs - stop - 4

Scene Description: [cf. FontNotes]

view of font and cover in context

Scene Description: Source caption: "13th Century Font, St Michaels Church" [cf. FontNotes]

INFORMATION

FontID: 24593COM
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Michael
Church Patron Saints: St. Michael
Church Location: Compton Chamberlayne, Salisbury SP3 5DE, United Kingdom -- Tel.: +44 1722 714826
Country Name: England
Location: Wiltshire, South West
Directions to Site: Located off (N) the A30, 11 km W of Salisbury
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Salisbury
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the nave
Century and Period: 14th century, Decorated
Church Notes: late-13thC(?) church; modified 14th, 15thC; restored 1877
No entry found for Compton Chamberlayne in the Domesday survey. The entry for thsi church in Historic England [Listing NGR: SU0291030076] notes: "Anglican parish church. Late C13, C14 and C15, 1878 restoration [...] Porch has hollow-chamfered inner doorway, square bowl from C12 font with blind arcading leaning against wall to left, stone bench to right and square recess for stoup to right of door [...] octagonal stone font in nave, possibly C14". Octagonal basin with plain sides; underbowl chamfer; pedestal base octagonal with stops at bottom turning the lower base square; leadlining. Wooden cover is octagonal and flat, with metal decoration and ring handle; modern.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 51.07, -1.95984
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 51° 4′ 12″ N, 1° 57′ 35.42″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Drainage Notes: lead lining

LID INFORMATION

Date: modern
Material: wood, oak?
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]