Litlington nr. Ashwell

Results: 3 records

B01: design element - motifs - foliage

Scene Description: a frieze of

BU01: angel - holding shield

Scene Description: several around the underbowl

LB01: angel

Scene Description: several at the foot of the base

INFORMATION

FontID: 10713LIT
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Catherine
Church Patron Saints: St. Catherine of Alexandria [aka Katherine, Katharine]
Country Name: England
Location: Cambridgeshire, East
Directions to Site: Located 6 km NE of Ashwell
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, W end of the nave
Century and Period: 14th - 15th century, Decorated? / Perpendicular?
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