Rauceby / North Rauceby

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 01643RAU
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century, Perpendicular
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Peter
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Peter
Church Address: Church Ln, North Rauceby, Sleaford NG34 8QU, United Kingdom -- Tel.: +44 1400 230722
Site Location: Lincolnshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located 6 km W of Sleaford, 18 km NE of Grantham
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Lincoln
Additional Comments: altered font / re-cut font
Font Notes:
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

UTM: 30U 669106 5875865
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 53.0056, -0.479635
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 53° 0′ 20.16″ N, 0° 28′ 46.69″ 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. 586