Owthorpe

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 01828OWT
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century (early?), Perpendicular
Workshop/Group/Artisan: heraldic font
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Margaret
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Margaret of Antioch [aka Margaret the Virgin, Marina]
Church Address: Owthorpe, Nottingham NG12 3GA, United Kingdom -- Tel.: +44 115 989 2223
Site Location: Nottinghamshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off (E) the A46, ESE of Cotgrave and Nottingham
Font Notes:
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

UTM: 30U 634401 5862374
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 52.894236, -1.002081
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 52° 53′ 39.25″ N, 1° 0′ 7.49″ 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. 214
  • Cox, John Charles, Nottinghamshire, London: Allen, 1912, p. 12, 159 / [http://ia301109.us.archive.org/3/items/nottinghamsh00coxuoft/nottinghamsh00coxuoft.pdf] [accessed 19 October 2009]
  • Guilford, Everard Leaver, Nottinghamshire, London: Methuen, 1927, p. 39, 154
  • Pevsner, Nikolaus, Nottinghamshire, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1979, p. 285