Kirkby-la-Thorpe No. 1 / Kirkby la Thorpe / Kirkby Laythorpe

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 09995KIR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century, Perpendicular
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Denis [originally from St. Peter's]
Font Location in Church: Reported ca. 1904 in a garden -- later moved into St. Peter's
Church Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17565165
Church Notes: Church pulled down in 1593 [cf. FontNotes]
Site Location: Lincolnshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located on the A 17, 4 km E of Sleaford
Additional Comments: recycled font: used ca. 1904 as a garden ornament / reinstated font: later moved into St. Denis'
Font Notes:
Sutton (1904) writes: "Originally there were two churches in this parish, that of S. Peter was pulled down in 1593, when the living was consolidated with this one. The font which we have just passed in a garden is all that remains of the church." Pevsner, Harris and Antram (1989) located the font originally from St. Peter's at St. Denis': "octagonal [...] Perp[endicular], with tracery with much small crenellation." [cf. Index entry for Kirkby-la-Thorpe No. 2 for the font at St. Denis']

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

REFERENCES

  • Pevsner, Nikolaus, Lincolnshire, London: Penguin, 1989, p. 416
  • Sutton, A.F., "A Description of the Churches Visited in the Excursion from Sleaford, June 30th and July 1st, 1903", XXVII, Reports and Papers Read at the Meetings of the Architectural Societies of the Diocese of Lincoln, County of York, Archdeaconry of Northampton, County of Bedford, Diocese of Worcester, County of Leicester and Town of Sheffield, 1904, pp. 92-111; p. 104