Shotwick
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view of church exterior - south view
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 11 August 2001 by Benkidd [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:St_Michael%27s_Church,_Shotwick_2.JPG] [accessed 11 December 2012]
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view of font and cover in context
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Raymond Richards, 1973
Image Source: Richards (1973)
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 01447SHO
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century, Perpendicular
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Michael & All Angels
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, S aisle, W end
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Michael & All Angels
Church Address: Shotwick, Cheshire, CH1 6HX
Site Location: Cheshire, North West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off the junction A550-A5117, 8 km NW of Chester
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Chester
Historical Region: Hundred of Wirral
Additional Comments: painted font / whitewashed font
Font Notes:
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Ellis (1902) notes: "Opposite the south door of this church is a whitewashed octagonal font, which mat date from almost any period since the thirteenth century. It stands on a circular plinth, and beyond a roll moulding at the base of the bowl and at the contracted portion of the shaft, it is devoid of ornament. It is lead-lined and has a drain." Listed in Cox & Harvey (1907) as a baptismal font of the Perpendicular period. Richards (1973) notes: "The font at Shotwick conforms to the fairly common octagonal design." A photograph in Richards (ibid.) illustrates the font in the context of the church interior.
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 500243 5898865
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 53.23906, -2.99636
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 53° 14′ 20.62″ N, 2° 59′ 46.9″ W
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
Drainage Notes: lead-lined
Diameter (includes rim): 75 cm*
Basin Depth: 25 cm*
Font Height (with Plinth): 110 cm* ["from plinth"]
Notes on Measurements: * [Ellis (1902: 78)]
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern?
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: flat and plain; appears modern
REFERENCES
- Cox, John Charles, English Church Furniture, New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1907, p. 189
- Ellis, John W., "The Mediaeval Fonts of the Hundreds of West Derby and Wirral", LVIII (New series: XVII), Transactions of the Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire, 1902, pp. 59-80; p. 78
- Richards, Raymond, Old Cheshire churches: a survey of their history, fabric and furniture with records of the older monuments, with a supplementary survey relating to the lesser old chapels of Cheshire, Didsbury, Manchester: E.J. Morten, 1973, p. 298, pl. 283