Leicester No. 5 / Ledecestre

Results: 3 records

INFORMATION

Font ID: 12238LEI
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: 1905
Font Century and Period/Style: 20th century (early), Modern
Workshop/Group/Artisan: G.P. Bankart / lead font
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Alban, Leicester
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Wikidata: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St_Alban%27s_Weymouth_Street_-_geograph.org.uk_-_451833.jpg
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Alban [aka Albanus]
Church Address: Hartington Rd, Leicester LE2 1GE, UK
Site Location: Leicestershire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located on Hartington Rd, off East Park RD, in the NE suburbs of Leicester
Font Notes:
Noted in Pevsner (1984): "Lead font 1905 by G. P. Bankart. Panels framed by vine trails and bunches of grapes." [NB: George Percy Bankart (1866-1929, author of 'The art of the plasterer', 1908)]. [NB: although excluded from the scope of this Index on account of its late date, the font is listed as a sample of 20th-century lead font]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: metal, lead