Pipe and Lyde No. 1
INFORMATION
Font ID: 09687PIP
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century [base only] [composite font], Medieval [composite]
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Peter
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Peter
Site Location: Herefordshire, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located 5 km N of Hereford
Additional Comments: recycled font: modern basin on 13th-century stem and base [perhaps the other broken basin in the churchyard was part of the old font?]
Font Notes:
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Described in the inventory of Herefordshire (1931-1934, vol. II: 153): "Font: round stem and moulded octagonal base, probably 13th-century, bowl modern." [cf. Index entry for Pipe and Lyde No. 2 for a fragment of a 14th-century basin]
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Number of Pieces: three
Basin Interior Shape: [modern]
Basin Exterior Shape: modern
REFERENCES
- Great Britain. Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire, London: H.M. Stationary Office, 1931-1934, vol. II: p. 153