Lannoy
INFORMATION
Font ID: 09538LAN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 16th century
Church / Chapel Name: Église Saint-Philippe à Lannoy
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Philip
Church Address: 17 Rue de Lille, 59390 Lannoy, France -- Tel.: +33 9 86 70 71 63
Site Location: Nord, Hauts-de-France, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the M952, in the Haut Ferrais, 2 km NW of Toufflers, about 12 km NE of Lille
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Lille
Historical Region: Haut Ferrais
Font Notes:
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Bpatismal font of the 16th century noted and illustrated in Eglise Lannoy [http://egliselannoy.free.fr/mobilier.htm] [accessed 9 August 2025]: "Les fonts baptismaux. Enfermés derrière de lourds barreaux de fer battu, mais finement ciselés, les fonts baptismaux sont construits en pierre de Tournai, et entourés d'un pavement de marbre."
COORDINATES
UTM: 31U 514925 5612849
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 50.66729, 3.21119
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 50° 40′ 2.24″ N, 3° 12′ 40.28″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, limestone (black and blue) (Tournai marble)
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
LID INFORMATION
Material: metal, brass?
Apparatus: no
Notes: octagonal dome with small knob finial