Taddington No. 2
INFORMATION
Font ID: 09923TAD
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century, Perpendicular
Cognate Fonts: the font at Chelmorton
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Michael
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end, near the S door
Church Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17530720
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Michael
Site Location: Derbyshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Inside the temple
Font Notes:
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Described in Ciox (1887), with some of its measurements, as similar to the font at Chelmorton. Listed in Cox & Harvey (1907) as a baptismal font of the Perpendicular period in this church [cf. Index entry for Taddington No. 1 for a Norman font in the same church]
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Diameter (includes rim): 60 cm*
Basin Depth: 27.5 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * [in inches in Cox (1887)]
REFERENCES
- Cox, John Charles, 1875-1877
- Cox, John Charles, English Church Furniture, New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1907, p. 195