Kirkby-la-Thorpe No. 2 / Kirkby la Thorpe / Kirkby Laythorpe

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 09996KIR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century, Perpendicular
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Denis
Font Location in Church: Inside the church [original location probably different from present one]
Church Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17565165
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Denys [aka Denis, Dennis, Dionis, Dyonisius]
Site Location: Lincolnshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located on the A 17, 4 km E of Sleaford
Font Notes:
Described in Sutton (1904): "The font belongs to the perpendicular period, it hardly seems to be in its original position as two of the sides are left plain, the others being carved." Noted in Pevsner, Harris and Antram (1989) as one of two fonts found at St. Denis': "One octagonal, Perp[endicular], with pointed quatrefoils". [cf. Index entry for Kirkby-la-Thorpe No. 1 for the font originally from St. Peter's]

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. 105