Hythe nr. Colchester

Results: 2 records

B01: symbol - shield - in a quatrefoil

Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]

B02: design element - motifs - foliage

Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]

INFORMATION

FontID: 11672HYT
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Leonard
Church Patron Saints: St. Leonard
Country Name: England
Location: Essex, East
Directions to Site: Hythe -or The Hythe- is now part of Colchester
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 15th century, Perpendicular
Workshop/Group/Artisan: heraldic font
Font Notes:
Noted in Pevsner (1976): "Font. Octagonal, Perp[endicular], with shields in quatrefoils and big leaves.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

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

REFERENCES

Pevsner, Nikolaus, Essex, Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1976