Locko Park, nr. Spondon
INFORMATION
Font ID: 11561SPO
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: 1699?
Font Century and Period/Style: 17th century(late)
Workshop/Group/Artisan: wooden font
Church / Chapel Name: Manor chapel [in a private mansion]
Font Location in Church: Inside the chapel of the mansion
Church Wikidata: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Locko_Park
Church Address: Locko Park, Derby, DE21 7BW, United Kingdom
Site Location: Derbyshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: The Locko estate is located 1-2 kn N of Spondon -- Spondon is located about 6 km NE of Derby
Font Notes:
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Noted in Pevsner (1978): "an unusual C17 wooden font" located in the chapel inside Locko Park mansion. [NB: The Parish Church of St. Werburgh, in nearby Spondon, was recorded in the Doomesday Book, but we have no information oo any earliy font(s) in that church]
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: wood
REFERENCES
- Pevsner, Nikolaus, Derbyshire, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1978, p. 264