Nether Tabley

Results: 2 records

B01: design element - motifs - foliage

Scene Description: on three of the sides

BH01: angel - cherub - 3

Scene Description: at three of the corners

INFORMATION

FontID: 10768TAB
Church/Chapel: Chapel of St. Peter
Church Patron Saints: St. Peter
Country Name: England
Location: Cheshire, North West
Directions to Site: Located near Great Budworth [the Chapel was removed piece by piece from the Old Hall and is now connected by a passage to Tabley House]
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: , Medieval [composite]
Richards (1973) writes: "The font is of white stone, and Major Leicester-Warren states that it was brought from Italy, where it probably served as a holy water stoup; three sides have carved foliage, and three corners have carved cherubs' heads, formerly coloured. The font stands on a corner table with four twisted legs."

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

REFERENCES

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