Granby / Granby Grove
INFORMATION
Font ID: 01824GRA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 14th century (late?), Perpendicular
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of All Saints
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): All Saints
Church Address: Sutton Ln, Granby, Nottingham NG13 9PX, United Kingdom -- Tel.: +44 115 989 3172
Site Location: Nottinghamshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located in the Vale of Belvoir, 22 km E of Nottingham
Font Notes:
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Listed in Cox & Harvey (1907) and in Guilford (1927) as a baptismal font of the Perpendicular period. Described in Cox (1912): "Octagonal font, on like base, is late 14th cent.; a new crocketed cover."
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 642365 5861482
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 52.884167, -0.884167
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 52° 53′ 3″ N, 0° 53′ 3″ W
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
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
REFERENCES
- Cox, John Charles, English Church Furniture, New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1907, p. 214
- Cox, John Charles, Nottinghamshire, London: Allen, 1912, p. 101 / [http://ia301109.us.archive.org/3/items/nottinghamsh00coxuoft/nottinghamsh00coxuoft.pdf] [accessed 14 October 2009]
- Guilford, Everard Leaver, Nottinghamshire, London: Methuen, 1927, p. 39