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Image Source: Walker (1887: 360)
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 00927DOU
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century (late), Late Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: In the mansion-house of Rosehall
Font Location in Church: The font was reported ca. 1887 on the lawn of theRosehall mansion
Church Notes: The church of origin is not known
Church Address: Coatbridge ML5 5AB, United Kingdom
Site Location: North Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: In the Coatbridge area, the eastern reaches of Glasgow.
Additional Comments: recycled font: standing in the lawn of a mansion
Town/City Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coatbridge
Font Notes:
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Described and illustrated in Walker (1887) as an octagonal mounted font, probably of the late 15th century; the basin has plain vertical sides but the base sides curve in towards its middle and then widen out again at the lower base, always maintaining the octagonal shape. Walker reported the font as being of unknown origin and standing in the lawn of the mansion known as Rosehall.
COORDINATES
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 55.837637, -4.032995
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, type unknown
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Drainage System: centre hole in basin
Rim Thickness: 8-9 cm
Diameter (inside rim): 57.5 cm
Diameter (includes rim): 75 cm
Basin Depth: 30 cm
Font Height (less Plinth): 105 cm
Notes on Measurements: Walker ( 1887: 358)
REFERENCES
- Walker, J. Russell, "Scottish Baptismal Fonts", 21 or N.S. 9, Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, 1887, pp. 346-448; p. 358 and ill. on p. 360