Plemstall / Plemondstall

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LID01: Virgin Mary - Madonna and Christ-child

Scene Description: on the modern font cover

INFORMATION

FontID: 10746PLE
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Peter
Church Patron Saints: St. Peter
Country Name: England
Location: Cheshire, North West
Directions to Site: Located off the A56, just NE of Chester
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Date: 1660s?
Century and Period: 17th century,
Noted in Pevsner (1970): "Font. Octagonal, only two sides carved. Probably of the 1660s, or perhaps Laudian." Richards (1973) writes: "The font is octagonal and possibly dates from the late sixteenth century; the modern cover has a delightful carving of the Madonna and Child, the work of Mr. Toogood."

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

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

LID INFORMATION

Date: modern
Material: wood,
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]

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