Great Gonerby

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 01621GON
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 14th century, Decorated
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Sebastian
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Sebastian
Church Notes: church ca. 1200; re-built 1500
Church Address: High St, Great Gonerby, Grantham NG31 8LB, United Kingdom -- Tel.: +44 1476 360768
Site Location: Lincolnshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located 2 km NW of Grantham
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Lincoln
Font Notes:
Listed in Cox & Harvey (1907) as a baptismal font of the Decorated period. Noted in Pevsner, Harris and Antram (1989): "Font. Dec[orated], octagonal, stem and bowl in one. With eight different patterns of Dec[orated] windows, like a pattern book."

COORDINATES

UTM: 30U 656790 5868445
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 52.942704, -0.666616
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 52° 56′ 33.73″ N, 0° 39′ 59.82″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, type unknown
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

REFERENCES

  • Cox, John Charles, English Church Furniture, New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1907, p. 208
  • Pevsner, Nikolaus, Lincolnshire, London: Penguin, 1989, p. 320