Over Peover / Peover Superior

Image copyright © Raymond Richards, 1973

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Results: 4 records

B01: design element - architectural - window - quatrefoiled - 8

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BU01: human figure - head - 8

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LB01: symbol - shield - blank - 8

Scene Description: on the stem of the base

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view of font and cover

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INFORMATION

FontID: 10745PEO
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Laurence
Church Patron Saints: St. Lawrence [aka Laurence]
Country Name: England
Location: Cheshire, North West
Directions to Site: Off the A537 , SW of Knutsford
Font Location in Church: Inside the church [cf. FontNotes]
Century and Period: 15th - 16th century[basin only] [composite font], Late Medieval [composite]
Noted in Pevsner (1971): "Font. Perp[endicular], with a quatrefoild frieze and a panelled stem." Described and illustrated in Richards (1973): "Of the few things remaining from the original church, mention must be made of the pre-Reformation font bowl, now set on a comparatively new base [...] The panels are beautifully carved, and beneath the bowl is a series of delicate heads." Richards (ibid.) quotes the Rev. William Henry Trott, M.A., vicar of Over-Peover (1893-1900), a description of the church interior as it appeared after the 1811 restoration: "The font was situated close to the porch door, on the right hand."

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

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

LID INFORMATION

Date: unknown
Material: wood, oak?
Notes: a tallish [3 feet?] ribbed cover of unknown date

REFERENCES

Pevsner, Nikolaus, Cheshire, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1971
Richards, Raymond, Old Cheshire churches: a survey of their history, fabric and furniture with records of the older monuments, with a supplementary survey relating to the lesser old chapels of Cheshire, Didsbury, Manchester: E.J. Morten, 1973