Derby No. 3

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design element - architectural - arcade - blind - 16 arches

Scene Description: [cf. Font/Notes]

INFORMATION

FontID: 11560DER
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Alkmund [originally from the earlier church]
Church Patron Saints: St. Alkmund [aka Almond, Alcmund]
Country Name: England
Location: Derbyshire, East Midlands
Directions to Site: Located on Kedleston Rd.
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 14th century, Medieval
Church Notes: Opened in 1972 on Kedleston Rd, the newest church of St. Alkmund replaced the 1846 church by H.I. Stevenson on Bridge Street, and the earlier churches under that advocation in Derby
Noted in Pevsner (1978): "Font. C14, octagonal, with two simple blank arches to each side, badly preserved."

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

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

REFERENCES

Pevsner, Nikolaus, Derbyshire, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1978