Rauceby / North Rauceby

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B01: design element - motifs - floral - in a panel - cusped panel

Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]

INFORMATION

FontID: 01643RAU
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Peter
Church Patron Saints: St. Peter
Church Location: Church Ln, North Rauceby, Sleaford NG34 8QU, United Kingdom -- Tel.: +44 1400 230722
Country Name: England
Location: Lincolnshire, East Midlands
Directions to Site: Located 6 km W of Sleaford, 18 km NE of Grantham
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Lincoln
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 15th century, Perpendicular
Listed in Cox & Harvey (1907) as a baptismal font of the Perpendicular period. Noted in Pevsner, Harris and Antram (1989): "Font. Octagonal, Perp[endicular], re-cut. Flowers in cusped fields." The entry for this church in Histotic England [Listing NGR: TF0211646448] reports: "Parish church. C12, C13, C14, C15, Chancel rebuilt by S.S. Teulon in 1853 [...] Recut C15 panelled ashlar octagonal font with fleurons to the sides and quatrefoils to the base."

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 53.0056, -0.479635
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 53° 0′ 20.16″ N, 0° 28′ 46.69″ W
UTM: 30U 669106 5875865

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
Pevsner, Nikolaus, Lincolnshire, London: Penguin, 1989