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INFORMATION

Font ID: 11975HOS
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 14th century, Decorated
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Michael and All Angels, Hose
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17541502
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Michael & All Angels
Church Address: Hose, Melton Mowbray LE14 4JE, United Kingdom
Site Location: Leicestershire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off (N) the A606, SW of Harby, 9 km WNW of Melton Mowbray
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Leicester
Historical Region: Hundred of Framlend [in Domesday]
Font Notes:
Noted and illustrated in Upcott (1818) [NB: Upcott uses spelling "Howes"]. Described in Pevsner (1984): "Font. Big, octagonal, of coarse workmanship, with tracery on the stem. Angels with spread wings on the lower part of the bowl, quatrefoils on the upper." Noted in the Historic Churches Preservation Trust, Recent Grants [...] 16 March 2006 [www.historicchurches.org.uk]: "Font is 14th century".

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

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

REFERENCES

  • Pevsner, Nikolaus, Leicestershire and Rutland, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1984, p. 180
  • Upcott, William, A bibliographical account of the principal works relating to English topography, London: Printed by Richard and Arthur Taylor, 1818, p. 499 and pl. lviii, fig. 11 / [http://books.google.com/books?id=gLwuAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA228&lpg=PA228&dq=upcott+1818&source=web&ots=lJwT-K00zU&sig=oVT6Kc6G03vqjYf4Synuk_Aek9w#PPP15,M1] [accessed 23 September 2007]