Font with less than scary woodwoses, recut in C19th. St Mary’s church, Harkstead, Suffolk #fontsonfriday

From this closeup of the chevrons, you can probably see why Mouse thinks this stem was re-carved, causing the curious proportions. The base is circular moulded with spurs on a thin square resting on a 2-stage square plinth #StChristopherLympsham #Somerset for #FontsOnFriday

The C12 font of #StChristopherLympsham #Somerset for #FontsOnFriday So curiously proportioned it could well be an assemblage. Certainly the stem seems to have been later re-carved from a single shaft to add the chevrons. Once painted and with religious texts. Scrubbed since 2007

Font at the Shrine of St Augustine & the National Pugin Centre, Ramsgate. #FontsonFriday The font is carved of a single block of Caen stone with scenes representing the Temptation, St John the Baptist preaching in the wilderness, the Baptism of Christ, and the crucifixion. 1/2

Norman font carved in Sutton stone in a scale pattern with mouldings on rim and base of bowl for #FontsonFriday at St Illtud's Church Llantwit Major

The early 18thC font at St Peter's, Oundle is very elegant, it reminds me slightly of a Victorian cast iron stove in its solidity. #FontsOnFriday

Only base of this Font is Norman, bowl and cover were installed in 1914. #FontsonFriday St. Mary Magdalene, Launceston, Cornwall

Winchester's font shows stories from life of St Nicholas (Santa Claus). He gives bags of gold to a poor nobleman who passes them to his daughters. Saint threw 3 gold bags down a chimney so a poor man's daughters could claim dowries & be married #FontsonFriday

#Hampshire Tournai fonts; #Winchester Cathedral, churches of East Meon, St Michael's #Southampton & St Mary Bourne. The other major one in England is in Lincoln #Cathedral with carvings of low relief, stylised images and depicting winged beasts #FontsonFriday

2/2 The two Rushbrooke #FontsOnFriday from the opposite direction. The nearer font is just a small example of the building's extensive faux-medieval woodwork, much of it the work of the eccentric Colonel Rushbrooke. It's open every day. Rushbrooke: suffolkchurches.co.uk/rushbrooke.htm

St. Peter's church Oundle #fontsonFriday

Word font originates from #Latin for "fons" meaning well or fountain. Tournai limestone or marble was sought after & expensive, difficult to carve & indicates the high status of the commissioning #church. 4 Tournai fonts exist in #Hampshire. #FontsonFriday

Two #FontsOnFriday for the price of one at Rushbrooke, Suffolk. One wood, one stone, both 19th Century, although the stone font appears to be placed on a late medieval stem. Just one aspect of what is a quirky, delightful church. 1/2 Rushbrooke: suffolkchurches.co.uk/rushbrooke.htm

Tournai Font at #Winchester Cathedral. #Norman, large square shaped, symbolic carvings, #images of #mythical beasts, c.1150-1200. Doves on the N+E sides depicting the descent of the Holy #Spirit. S+W sides St Nicholas handing out bags of gold. #FontsonFriday

Redbourne, St Andrew, Lincolnshire The white marble font, by Richard Hayward, 1775, originally stood in the centre of the nave. #fontsonfriday #Lincolnshire

#FontsOnFriday #StMargaretOfAntioch #Durham

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#FontsOnFriday from St Peter & St Paul's Church in Bishops Caundle.

A roughly hewn tub font, backed by post-Byzantine frescoes. Church of the Dormition of Our Lady, Kalabaka. A very special church. #fontsonFriday #FrescoFriday #Greece #meteora  Pericles' Tripod Tap/click for full pic, & let your eyes adjust!

Warborough's font, faintly louche with its ring of oasis, is a palimpsest - #Romanesque lead bowl with rosettes and little figures of apostles (?) underneath the arches (sing it!), placed on a C14th base, and with a baroque cover #FontsOnFriday #Oxfordshire