Pinchbeck / Picebech / Pincebec

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design element - motifs - floral - rosette

Scene Description: One under each of the sides of the basin

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design element - motifs - floral - rosette

Scene Description: a column from top to bottom on each of the shaft sides

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design element - motifs - quatrefoil - assorted motifs

Scene Description: Each side of the basin has a large quatrefoil, each "packed" with different motifs: rosettes, shields, foliage, etc.

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view of church exterior - northeast view

Scene Description: Source caption: "St. Mary's Church, Pinchbeck [...] The 14th Century tower has a real lean away from the nave."

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Brian Deegan, 2021

Image Source: digital photograph 2 August 2021 by Brian Deegan [https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/6925423] [accessed 15 February 2025]

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view of church exterior - south view

Scene Description: Source caption: "St Mary's church, Pinchbeck"

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © J. Hannan, 2024

Image Source: digital photograph 26 January 2024 by J. Hannan [https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/7698169] [accessed 15 February 2025]

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view of church interior - looking west

Scene Description: Source caption: "The Interior of the Church of St Mary, Pinchbeck. The choir, chancel arch and nave - The church is in the Perpendicular style."

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view of font and cover in context

Scene Description: Source caption: "The Interior of the Church of St Mary, Pinchbeck. The font and cover (to the rear) - The church is in the Perpendicular style. The tower is misshapen and, at the base, leans quite considerably away from the nave, as can be seen to the right of the font."

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view of font cover

Scene Description: Source caption: "The Interior of the Church of St Mary, Pinchbeck. The font cover - The church is in the Perpendicular style."

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view of font in context - west side

Scene Description: Source caption: "The Interior of the Church of St Mary, Pinchbeck. The nave - The church is in the Perpendicular style."

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INFORMATION

FontID: 01642PIN
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Mary
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Church Location: Church Street Pinchbeck, PE11 3UA, United Kingdom
Country Name: England
Location: Lincolnshire, East Midlands
Directions to Site: Located 4 km NW of Spalding
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Lincoln
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the W end of the nave
Century and Period: 14th - 15th century (?), Perpendicular
Cognate Fonts: "The Font in the village of [S]urfleet, about three miles distant, is precisely like, in size and ornaments, and most probably by the same artist." (Paley, 1844) [NB: Paley has "Purfleet"
There are two entries for Pinchbeck [variant spellings] in the Domesday survey [https://opendomesday.org/place/TF2325/pinchbeck/] [accessed 15 February 2025], neither of which mentions priest of church in it. Allen (1833) writes: "The font, which is octagonal, is supported by four round pillars." Yet, the state of this octagonal mounted font, of the 15th century in the Perpendicular style, drove Paley (1844) to comment: "It is gaily painted; the small ornaments are a bright green; the mouldings, under the bowl, sky-blue; the bowl and pedestal a bright yellow, and the base a sooty-black: it is lamentable to see such disfigurement". [NB: Paly mentions its pedestal, but not the "four round pillars" noted in Allen [cf. supra]]. Paley (ibid.) described the font as being of good proportions and belonging to the late period of the Perpendicular style because "it is so thickly studded with small ornaments as materially to injure its general effect; and they are introduced in situations where they would not have been when a more pure style prevailed." (ibid.) The fact that it "has lately [i.e., ca. 1844] had a new tap fixed to let off the water outside instead of a drain" (ibid.) could not have endeared it to Paley either. Noted in Pevsner, Harris and Antram (1989): "Font. Prettily decorated Perp[endicular] stem (cf. Surfleet)." The font-cover is noted and illustrated in Howard & Crossley (1919). The entry for this church in Historic England [Listing NGR: TF2419925595] reports: "Parish church. C12. C13, C14, C15, 1855, chancel rebuilt by Butterfield 1861 [...] C14 octagonal font with quatrefoil panels containing shields and crosses to the sides of the bowl and buttressed stem with quatrefoils and fleurons."

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 52.816043, -0.16325
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 52° 48′ 57.76″ N, 0° 9′ 47.7″ W
UTM: 30U 691163 5855579

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, type unknown
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Drainage Notes: [cf. Font notes regarding the installation of the tap]
Diameter (includes rim): 72.5 cm
Basin Depth: 35 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 124 cm
Notes on Measurements: *[uncertain whether it refers to the depth of the interior of the height of the basin]. Paley's measurements (Paley, 1844, unpaged)

LID INFORMATION

Notes: [cf. FontNotes]

REFERENCES

Allen, Thomas, The History of the County of Lincoln, from the earliest period to the present time [...], London & Lincoln: John Saunders, Junior, 1833-
Howard, F.E., English Church Woodwork: a Study in Craftmanship during the Mediaeval period A.D. 1250-1550, London: B.T. Batsford, 1919
Paley, Frederick Apthorp, Illustrations of Baptismal Fonts, London, UK: John van Voorst, 1844
Pevsner, Nikolaus, Lincolnshire, London: Penguin, 1989