Baptism Font - St John the Baptist - Biddisham, Somerset
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N 51° 16.603 W 002° 53.255
30U E 507841 N 5680602
A Norman square font in St John the Baptist church, Biddisham.
Waymark Code: WM16HR5
Location: South West England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 08/07/2022
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A Norman square font, the only remains of an earlier church, with 3 scallops on the underside.
"Located in the conventional position by the S door, at the NE angle of the S half of the nave. It consists of a plain cube-shaped bowl, chamfered at the upper rim and with its corners cut back. There are three scallops at the bottom of each face, that to the E being decorated (three pairs of what might have been intended as rosettes, that on the left being neat and coherent, the middle one being less so, and the third a really untidy jumble). The bowl stands on a plain cylindrical stem with a neat shallow collar providing the necking for an almost square block base, its upper angles chamfered back. This stands on a square block plinth, its top part chamfered and its corners cut back.
The very good lead is extended over the rim of the bowl and down the sides to a well-judged extent. There are the usual signs of previous lock-fittings being ripped off in the repairs to the bowl at the top of the N and S faces.
Dimensions -
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Circumference of stem |
1.33 m |
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Depth of basin |
0.24 m |
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Dimensions of base |
0.55 x 0.57 m |
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Dimensions of plinth |
0.74 x 0.74 m |
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Exterior dimensions of bowl |
0.57 x 0.57 m |
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Height of base |
0.17 m |
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Height of plinth |
0.145 m |
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Height of stem |
0.115 m |
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Internal width of basin |
0.43 m |
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Overall h of font |
0.84 m |
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Thickness of rim |
0.07 m" |
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