Litlington nr. Ashwell

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 10713LIT
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 14th - 15th century, Decorated? / Perpendicular?
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Catherine
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, W end of the nave
Church Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17550377
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Catherine of Alexandria [aka Katherine, Katharine]
Site Location: Cambridgeshire, East, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located 6 km NE of Ashwell
Font Notes:
Noted in Pevsner (1970): "Font. Octagonal, with angels at the foot, angels carrying shields on the underside of the bowl. The bowl is shallow and has a fleuron frieze - quite an individual design." Noted also in Cambrdgeshire Churches [www.druidic.org/camchurch/churches/litlington.htm]: "Unusual font. It has a square top with an unusually shallow bowl = the shape is reminiscent of the square capitals of Corinthian columns, though with angles at the corners rather than acanthus leaves."

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

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

REFERENCES

  • Pevsner, Nikolaus, Cambridgeshire, Harmonsworth: Penguin, 1970, p. 427