West Torrington
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view of font and cover
Scene Description: Source caption: "The font, West Torrington Parish Church. The font is of Norman date. This church is going through the process of being declared redundant."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Jonathan Thacker, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph 25 February 2011 by Jonathan Thacker [https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/228407] [accessed 15 February 2025]
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design element - architectural - arcade - blind - round arches - intersecting arches - beaded-tape tape motif - columns with capitals and bases
Scene Description: all around the basin
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Jonathan Thacker, 2011
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 25 February 2011 by Jonathan Thacker [https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/228407] [accessed 15 February 2025]
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design element - motifs - floral or foliage
Scene Description: in each of the spandrels of the arcade -- the motifs are too close to the upper rim, suggesting that part of the original height may have been lost
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Jonathan Thacker, 2011
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 25 February 2011 by Jonathan Thacker [https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/228407] [accessed 15 February 2025]
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view of church exterior - northwest view
Scene Description: Source caption: "St Mary's Church, West Torrington AD1100 - Restored 1862. Unfortunately the church is in a state of disrepair with a few refurbishments being done."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © J.Hannan-Briggs, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph 17 July 2011 by J.Hannan-Briggs [https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2511969] [accessed 15 February 2025]
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view of church interior - looking west
![Source caption: "The nave, West Torrington Parish Church. This church is going through the process of being declared redundant." -- showing the font at the far end, left [south] side](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1250215012_compressed.png)
Scene Description: Source caption: "The nave, West Torrington Parish Church. This church is going through the process of being declared redundant." -- showing the font at the far end, left [south] side
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Jonathan Thacker, 2011
Image Source: edited detail of a 25 February 2011digital photograph by Jonathan Thacker [https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2284076] [accessed 15 February 2025]
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view of church interior - looking east
Scene Description: Source caption: "Interior of St Mary's Church. With some restoration work to Arch"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © J.Hannan-Briggs, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph 17 July 2011 by J.Hannan-Briggs [https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2511974] [accessed 15 February 2025]
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 01600TOR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century, Norman
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Mary [closed down 2011]
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the SW corner of the nave, close to the S doorway
Church Patron Saint(s): All Saints? / St. Mary?
Church Notes: 12thC; present building 1860s
Church Address: West Torrington, Market Rasen LN8 5SH, United Kingdom
Site Location: Lincolnshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off the A157, 5 km N of Wragby, 21 NE of Lincoln
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Lincoln
Font Notes:
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Noted in Pevsner, Harris and Antram (1989): "Font. Norman, of the tub type, with intersecting arches."
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 680194 5911699
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 53.323748, -0.294399
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 53° 19′ 25.49″ N, 0° 17′ 39.83″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, type unknown
Font Shape: tub-shaped
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: round and flat, with metal decoration
REFERENCES
- Pevsner, Nikolaus, Lincolnshire, London: Penguin, 1989, p. 795