South Cockerington No. 1

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 10679COC
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century, Perpendicular
Workshop/Group/Artisan: heraldic font
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Leonard
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, near the N door
Church Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17526511
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Leonard
Site Location: Lincolnshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off the B1200, a few kms E of Louth
Font Notes:
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, p. 662
  • 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; p. 97