Congleton / Cogeltone
INFORMATION
Font ID: 10734CON
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 17th - 18th century
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Peter
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Peter
Site Location: Cheshire, North West, England, United Kingdom
Additional Comments: disappeared font?
Font Notes:
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Pevsner (1971) notes: "Font. A marble baluster, better than many." [NB: the font is probably late, dating perhaps to the rebulding of the church in the 1740s? We have no information on the original font of the earlier church here].
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, marble
Font Shape: pedestal font
REFERENCES
- Pevsner, Nikolaus, Cheshire, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1971, p. 183