Shocklach

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 10759SHO
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century [re-cut?], Medieval [altered]
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Edith
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Edith
Site Location: Cheshire, North West, England, United Kingdom
Additional Comments: recycled font: re-cut [cf. FontNotes]
Font Notes:
Noted in Pevsner (1971): "Font. Was it re-cut in the later C17? See the stylized flower motifs in the panels." Richards (1973) writes: "Dating from the fifteenth century, the font is unsual in having seven sides. It bears signs of being recut, possibly early last century."

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: heptagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: heptagonal

REFERENCES

  • Pevsner, Nikolaus, Cheshire, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1971, p. 334
  • 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. 295