Harlaxton / Herlauestune / Herlavestune

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Results: 8 records

design element - motifs - panel - 8

Scene Description: modern re-carving

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human figure - head

Scene Description: several of them, somewhat grotesque, re-carved in the panels of the basin

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motifs and symbols - varied

Scene Description: a variety fo humanoid, animal and vegetal items arranged one-up-one-down on the sides of the octagonal pedestal base; all modern re-carvings?

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view of church exterior - northeast view

Scene Description: Sorce caption: "Harlaxton St Mary and St Peter's Church - North Aisle from the north-east".

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Acabashi, 2014

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view of church exterior - south portal

Scene Description: Source caption: "Harlaxton St Mary and St Peter's Church - Nave doorway and door".

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Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 April 2014 by Acabashi [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Harlaxton_Ss_Mary_and_Peter_-_exterior_Nave_south_door.jpg] [accessed 23 May 2019]

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view of church exterior - south view

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Jules & Jenny, 2016

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view of church interior - nave - looking east

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view of font and cover

Scene Description: Source caption: "Ss Mary & Peter church, Harlaxton. Perpendicular octagonal re-cut font."

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INFORMATION

FontID: 01622HAR
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Mary and St Peter [originally St. Andrew's?]
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin & St. Peter [originally St. Andrew?]
Church Location: Church St, Harlaxton, Grantham NG32 1HD, UK -- Tel.: (01476) 594608
Country Name: England
Location: Lincolnshire, East Midlands
Directions to Site: Located off (S) the A607, 4 km SE of Grantham
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Lincoln
Historical Region: Hundred of Winnibriggs
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 14th - 15th century [re-cut?], Decorated? / Perpendicular? [altered]
There is an entry for Harlaxton [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [https://opendomesday.org/place/SK8832/harlaxton/] [accessed 23 May 2019] but it mentions neither church nor cleric in it. Cox & Harvey (1907) list a noteworthy baptismal font of the Decorated period here. Noted in Pevsner, Harris and Antram (1989): "Octagonal, Perp[endicular], all entirely re-cut." Negus (2003) mentions a representation of the Green Men motif on this font. The entry for this church in English Heritage [Listing NGR: SK8826832644] notes: "Parish church. Nave north arcade late C12, south arcade and south aisle early C13, tower early C14, chancel south arcade and south chapels c1325-1350, tower bell stage, spire and clerestorey late C14, east end c1400, north chapel and north aisle early C15. South porch rebuilt 1858, in the course of extensive restoration. Further heavy restoration 1890 [...] Fittings include a recut octagonal font, c1400".

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 52.884031, -0.689653
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 52° 53′ 2.51″ N, 0° 41′ 22.75″ W
UTM: 30U 655452 5861870

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

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

LID INFORMATION

Date: modern
Material: wood, oak?
Apparatus: no
Notes: octagonal pyramidal openwork; modern

REFERENCES

Cox, John Charles, English Church Furniture, New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1907
Negus, Tina, "Medieval Foliate Heads: a Photographic Study of Green Men and Green Beasts in Britain", August 2003, Folklore, 2003
Pevsner, Nikolaus, Lincolnshire, London: Penguin, 1989