Over Peover / Peover Superior
Image copyright © Raymond Richards, 1973
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Results: 4 records
B01: design element - architectural - window - quatrefoiled - 8
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Raymond Richards, 1973
Image Source: Richards (1973)
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BU01: human figure - head - 8
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Raymond Richards, 1973
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LB01: symbol - shield - blank - 8
Scene Description: on the stem of the base
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Raymond Richards, 1973
Image Source: Richards (1973)
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view of font and cover
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Raymond Richards, 1973
Image Source: Richards (1973)
Copyright Instructions: PERMISSION NOT AVAILABLE -- IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE
INFORMATION
Font ID: 10745PEO
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th - 16th century[basin only] [composite font], Late Medieval [composite]
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Laurence
Font Location in Church: Inside the church [cf. FontNotes]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Lawrence [aka Laurence]
Site Location: Cheshire, North West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Off the A537 , SW of Knutsford
Additional Comments: recycled font: the base is of a later date
Font Notes:
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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, p. 298
- 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, p. 271, pl. 260