Butterton / Buttertone
Image copyright © Craig Thornber, 2006
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B01: design element - motifs - tracery
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Craig Thornber, 2006
Image Source: digital photograph by Craig Thornber, 2006 [www.thornber.net]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Craig Thornber, 2006
Image Source: digital photograph by Craig Thornber, 2006 [www.thornber.net]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
INFORMATION
FontID: 09617BUT
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Bartholomew
Church Patron Saints: St. Bartholomew
Country Name: England
Location: Staffordshire, West Midlands
Directions to Site: Located in the Sattfordshire side of the Peak District Park, just off (E) the B5053, 12 km NE of Leek, about 30 km ENE of Stoke-on-Trent
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 14th century, Decorated
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Craig Thornber, of www.thornber.net, for the photograph of this font.
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
Baptismal font -appears monolithic- consisting of an octagonal basin with sides decorated with tracery, tall plain underbowl chamfer, centre ring moulding and plain octagonal lower half; the basin interior is lead lined; the bottom half of the base has been whitewashed. [We are grateful to Craig Thornber, of www.thornber.net, for the photograph of this font]
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Drainage Notes: lead lining