Snape nr. Ripon / Snape Castle

Baptismal font of the Perpendicular period consisting of an octagonal basin with vertical sides, each face decorated with a deeply-carved quatrefoil motif in the centre of which is a blank shield [may have been painted originally]; the underbowl is decorated with a graded chamfer; octagonal pedestal base with a trefoil window in each side; moulded octagonal lower base. The whole is raised on an octagonal plinth with kneeling stone. The inner well of the basin is lead lined. Flat plain cover, probably modern. [We are grateful to Colin Hinson, of www.yorkshireCDbooks.co.uk, for the photographs of this font]