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Image Source: Walker (1887: 360)
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INFORMATION
FontID: 00927DOU
Church/Chapel: In the mansion-house of Rosehall
Church Location: Coatbridge ML5 5AB, United Kingdom
Country Name: Scotland
Location: North Lanarkshire
Directions to Site: In the Coatbridge area, the eastern reaches of Glasgow.
Font Location in Church: The font was reported ca. 1887 on the lawn of theRosehall mansion
Century and Period: 15th century (late), Late Medieval
Church Notes: The church of origin is not known
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
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
Church 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
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; r["References"]