South Cockerington No. 1

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B01: symbol - shield - blank - in a quatrefoil - pointed or cusped quatrefoil - 8

Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]

INFORMATION

FontID: 10679COC
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Leonard
Church Patron Saints: St. Leonard
Country Name: England
Location: Lincolnshire, East Midlands
Directions to Site: Located off the B1200, a few kms E of Louth
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, near the N door
Century and Period: 15th century, Perpendicular
Workshop/Group/Artisan: heraldic font
Baptismal font noted in Sutton (1898): "the octagonal bowl having a sunk panel containing a plain shield on each side". Pevsner, Harris and Antram (1989) note: "Font. Octagonal, Perp[endicular], with shields in pointed quatrefoils."

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

REFERENCES

Pevsner, Nikolaus, Lincolnshire, London: Penguin, 1989
Sutton, A.F., "A Description of the Churches Visited in the Excursion from Louth, July 6th & 7th, 1897", XXIV, part I, 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, 1898, pp. 95-114; r["References"]