Burton Lazars / Burtone

Results: 5 records

design element - motifs - quatrefoil

[cf. Font notes]
Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]

design element - patterns - crenellated

[cf. Font notes]
Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]

view of church exterior - northeast view

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Roger Templeman, 2015
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 21 May 2015 by Roger Templeman [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4601996] [accessed 5 July 2019]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-2.0

view of church exterior - northwest view

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Alan Murray-Rust, 2017
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 3 February 2017 by Alan Murray-Rust [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5274694] [accessed 5 July 2019]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-2.0

view of church exterior - south view

Source caption: "The church dates from the 12th century, although the external fabric is all later. The south aisle is 14th century with a 19th century porch, the chancel was completely rebuilt in 1850, and the clerestory windows are also 19th century insertions".
Scene Description: Source caption: "The church dates from the 12th century, although the external fabric is all later. The south aisle is 14th century with a 19th century porch, the chancel was completely rebuilt in 1850, and the clerestory windows are also 19th century insertions".
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Alan Murray-Rust, 2017
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 3 February 2017 by Alan Murray-Rust [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5274554] [accessed 5 July 2019]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-2.0

INFORMATION

FontID: 12185BUR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. James
Church Patron Saints: St. James
Church Location: East Cottage, 8 Melton Rd, Burton Lazars, Melton Mowbray LE14 2UR, UK
Country Name: England
Location: Leicestershire, East Midlands
Directions to Site: Located off (E) the A606 [aka Burton Rd / Melton Rd], 3 km SE of Melton Broway
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Leicester
Historical Region: Hundred of Framland
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 15th century [re-cut], Perpendicular [altered?]
Font Notes:
There are three entries for Burton [Lazars] [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [https://opendomesday.org/place/SK7616/burton-lazars/] [accessed 5 July 2019], one of which mentions two preiest but no church in it, though there must have been one there. Pevsner (1984) notes: "Font. Octagonal, Perp[endicular], with quatrefoil and crenellation." The entry for this church in Historic England [Listing NGR: SK7676316941] notes: "Parish church. Late C12, mid and late C13, C14, C15. Restored and chancel rebuilt by H. Goddard, 1850. Further restored 1887 and 1900. [...] Fittings include C15 font with octagonal stem with shafts and panelled bowl re-cut C19."

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 52.745, -0.863
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 52° 44′ 42″ N, 0° 51′ 46.8″ W
UTM: 30U 644249 5846046

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