Pipe and Lyde No. 2
INFORMATION
Font ID: 09688PIP
Object Type: Baptismal Font1, fragment
Font Century and Period/Style: 14th century [fragment of basin], Medieval [composite]
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Peter
Font Location in Church: Reported in the churchyard ca. 1930
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: abandoned font / broken font: a fragment of a 14th-century basin -- perhaps part of the other font now inside the church bearing a modern basin
Font Notes:
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Described in the inventory of Herefordshire (1931-1934, vol. II: 153): "in churchyard -- part of octagonal bowl with moulded projecting rim, probably 14th-century." [cf. Index entry for Pipe and Lyde No. 1 for a composite font consisting of a 13th-century base and a modern basin inside the church]
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Number of Pieces: fragment
Font Shape: octagonal
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
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