Butterton / Buttertone
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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
Font ID: 09617BUT
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 14th century, Decorated
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Bartholomew
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Bartholomew
Site Location: Staffordshire, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom
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 Notes:
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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]
Credit and Acknowledgements: 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