Ratcliffe Culey / Redeclive

INFORMATION

Font ID: 11980RAT

Object Type: Baptismal Font1

Font Century and Period/Style: 14th century, Medieval

Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of All Saints, Ratcliffe Culey

Font Location in Church: Inside the church

Church Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17540958

Church Patron Saint(s): All Saints

Church Address: Ratcliffe Culey, Atherstone CV9 3PA, United Kingdom -- Tel.: +44 1827 881389

Site Location: Leicestershire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom

Directions to Site: Located off the B5000, 2-3 km NE of Atherstone, about 25 km W of Leicester

Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Leicester

Historical Region: Hundred of Guthlaxton [in Domesday]

Font Notes: Click to view

Noted in the Historic Churches Preservation Trust (Recent Grants report of 16 March 2006): "ancient octagonal stone font". [NB: not mentioned in Pevsner (1984)]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

Font Shape: octagonal, mounted

Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal