Plemstall / Plemondstall

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 10746PLE
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: 1660s?
Font Century and Period/Style: 17th century
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Peter
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Peter
Site Location: Cheshire, North West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off the A56, just NE of Chester
Font Notes:
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, p. 303
  • 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. 276