Serving God in the heart of our community since 1881

St Andrew's Church, Taunton

Font

On entering the church one of the first things you will see, to the right of the door, is the alabaster font, sculpted by Bridgman of Lichfield in 1893. It is surrounded by space enough for relatives and sponsors of those being baptised to stand in comfort.  A dove surmounts the beautiful painted domed cover. 

Our Vicars always enjoy our Easter Eve service when the congregation gathers around the font to re-make baptismal vows, as it gives them the opportunity to liberally splash water from the font all over them using a pine bough!

Below you can see a detail of the figures around the circumference of the font.

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