Longborough

Image copyright © John Wilkes, 2006
Standing permission
Results: 5 records
B01: design element - motifs - quatrefoil - 32
LB01: design element - architectural - arcade - Ogee arches - cusped and crocketed - 8
LB02: design element - motifs - moulding
view of church exterior - south view
INFORMATION
FontID: 11459LON
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. James
Church Patron Saints: St. James
Country Name: England
Location: Gloucestershire, South West
Directions to Site: Located off the A44-A424, WSW of Moreton-in-Marsh, in the Cotswolds
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the W end, S side
Century and Period: 14th century (early?), Decorated
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to John Wilkes, of www.allthecostwolds.com, for his photographs of church and font.
Font Notes:
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Noted in Verey & Brooks (1999-2002): "Font. Early C14, a beautiful piece of work. Octagonal bowl each face containing four pointed quatrefoils, on an octagonal stem with corner buttresses and pinnacles, and miches with ogee crocketed cannopies in front of rectangular panels."
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
REFERENCES
Verey, David, Gloucestershire, London: Penguin Books, 1999-2002