Locko Park, nr. Spondon

INFORMATION

FontID: 11561SPO
Church/Chapel: Mannor chapel
Country Name: England
Location: Derbyshire, East Midlands
Directions to Site: The Locko estate is located 1-2 kn N of Spondon -- Spondon is located about 6 km NE of Derby
Font Location in Church: Inside the chapel of the mansion
Date: 1699?
Century and Period: 17th century(late),
Workshop/Group/Artisan: wooden font
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