Rodhuish
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view of church exterior - southwest view
Scene Description: "St Bartholomew's Church, Rodhuish, Somerset"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Robert Cutts, 2009
Image Source: digital photograph 16 March 2009 by Robert Cutts
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view of church interior - looking east
Scene Description: "Interior, St Bartholomew's Chapel, Rodhuish"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Roger Cornfoot, 2013
Image Source: digital photograph 14 February 2013 by Roger Cornfoot
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view of font
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture in Britain and Ireland, 2026
Image Source: screen capture of a photograph by Robert Downes in the CRSBI entry
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 26234MCO
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century (?)
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Batholomew
Font Location in Church: Inside the church at Rodhuish
Church Wikidata: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_St_Bartholomew,_Rodhuish
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Bartholomew
Previous Font Location(s): font originally from Carhampton
Church Notes: church here "was formerly a chapel-of-ease to St John's, Carhampton, and contains a Norman font that was removed in the 19thc from that church, 2 miles to the N" [CRSBI]
Church Address: Rodhuish, Minehead TA24 6QN, United Kingdom --- Tel.: +44 1643 821812
Site Location: Somerset, South West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located 8 km SE of Minehead
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Bath & Wells
Additional Comments: moved font ( originally from Carhampton)
Town/City Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Withycombe
Font Notes:
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The entry for this church in Historic England [Listing NGR: ST0121539594] notes: "Chapel of ease formerly in Carhampton CP, now parish church. C15, refenestrated early C16, restored and roof repaired 1826, church restored 1924 and refitted mid C20 [...] Norman circular pedestal font moved from Carhampton Church in C19". Baptismal font listed and illustrated in the CRSBI [https://www.crsbi.ac.uk/view-item?i=13549] [accessed 18 March 2026]: " the font came from Carhampton".
COORDINATES
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 51.1471, 3.4136°W
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 51° 8′ 49.56″ N, 3° 24′ 49.1″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Rim Thickness: 8 cm [calculated]
Diameter (inside rim): 53 cm*
Diameter (includes rim): 69 cm*
Basin Depth: 16 cm*
Basin Total Height: 16 cm*
Height of Base: 19 + 42 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 75 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * CRSBI
REFERENCES
- Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture in Britain and Ireland, The Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture in Britain and Ireland, The Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture in Britain and Ireland. URL: http://www.crsbi.ac.uk.