Owthorpe

Results: 4 records

B01: symbol - shield - blank

B02: design element - motifs - foliage

B03: design element - patterns - tracery

R01: design element - patterns - crenellated

INFORMATION

FontID: 01828OWT
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Margaret
Church Patron Saints: St. Margaret of Antioch [aka Margaret the Virgin, Marina]
Church Location: Owthorpe, Nottingham NG12 3GA, United Kingdom -- Tel.: +44 115 989 2223
Country Name: England
Location: Nottinghamshire, East Midlands
Directions to Site: Located off (E) the A46, ESE of Cotgrave and Nottingham
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 15th century (early?), Perpendicular
Workshop/Group/Artisan: heraldic font
Listed as a noteworthy example of the Perpendicular period in Cox & Harvey (1907) and in Guilford (1927). Described in Cox (1912): "Old good-sized font ; an octagon with embattled edge, early 15th cent; panels bear blank shields alternating with foliage or tracery." Described in Pevsner & Williamson (1979): "C15, octagonal, castellated, with tracery and a tree motif."

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 52.894236, -1.002081
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 52° 53′ 39.25″ N, 1° 0′ 7.49″ W
UTM: 30U 634401 5862374

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
Cox, John Charles, Nottinghamshire, London: Allen, 1912
Guilford, Everard Leaver, Nottinghamshire, London: Methuen, 1927
Pevsner, Nikolaus, Nottinghamshire, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1979