The Corpus of
ROMANESQUE SCULPTURE
in Britain & Ireland
The Corpus of
ROMANESQUE SCULPTURE
in Britain & Ireland
Image of the feature "V. Furnishings: 1. Fonts: Font" at Tedstone Delamere.
by Ron Baxter.
To the W of the S doorway, alongside the 19thc font in use to its N, stands a chalice-shaped font consisting of a cup-shaped bowl on a stem with a drum base with a fat roll upper rim. This stands on a tufa drum and that on a stone drum. The font is plain and unlined with rim damage at N and S.
| External diameter of bowl | 0.64 m |
| Internal diameter of bowl | 0.48 m |
| Height of bowl | 0.39 m |
| Height of drum base with roll rim | 0.17 m |
| Height of stem | 0.15 |
| Height of stone lower drum | 0.14 m |
| Height of tufa drum | 0.15 m |
| Overall height of font | 1.03 m |
