Layston

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 11968LAY
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century, Perpendicular
Workshop/Group/Artisan: heraldic font
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Bartholomew, Layston [redundant; late a cemetery chapel; later still a private residence]
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17553506
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Bartholomew
Church Notes: redundant; became cemetery chapel in 1950s; later still a private residence
Church Address: St Bartholomew's, Buntingford SG9 9EZ, United Kingdom
Site Location: Hertfordshire, East, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located E of the A10, about 1 km N of Buntingford, 10-12 km S of Royston
Additional Comments: damaged font: many of the charged shields are broken
Font Notes:
Noted in the Royal Commission on Historical Monuments, Hertfordshire (1911): "Font: panelled bowl, stem with small shields, many of them broken, carved with the emblems of the Passion, 15th-century." The RCHM (ibid.) lists reports also a holy-water stoup: "in the tower, S. of the W. doorway, in a cinquefoiled niche" [no separate entry made in this Index]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

REFERENCES

  • Great Britain. Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Hertfordshire, London: Printed for His Majesty's Stationary Office by J. Truscott, 1911, p. 138