Salfleetby St Clement

INFORMATION

Font ID: 10681SAL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th - 14th century, Early English
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Clement
Font Location in Church: In the W end of the nave
Church Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q26316400
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Clement
Site Location: Lincolnshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located on the A1231, 12 km ENE of Louth, just N of Saltfleetby All Saints
Font Notes:
Noted in Sutton (1898): "the font with its octagonal bowl resting on a central shaft with columns clustered around it".

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

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

REFERENCES

  • 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. 101