Little Chishill / Little Chishall

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B01: design element - motifs - quatrefoil - pointed or cusped quatrefoil - 8

view of font in context

the font is behind the rows of chairs, just by the right side (north) of the tower arch
Scene Description: the font is behind the rows of chairs, just by the right side (north) of the tower arch
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Barbara Polley, 1999
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INFORMATION

FontID: 10714CHI
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Nicholas
Church Patron Saints: St. Nicholas of Myra
Country Name: England
Location: Cambridgeshire, East
Directions to Site: Located off the B1039, 14 km SE of Royston, in the southernmost tip of the county, near the border with Essex
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end of the nave, N side, just W of the tower arch
Century and Period: 15th - 16th century, Perpendicular
Font Notes:
Noted in Pevsner (1970): "Font. Perp[endicular], octagonal, with pointed quatrefoil panels."

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

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

REFERENCES

Pevsner, Nikolaus, Cambridgeshire, Harmonsworth: Penguin, 1970