Waterfall

INFORMATION

Font ID: 12248WAT
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 17th century
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. James and St. Bartholomew, Waterfall
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. James & St. Bartholomew
Church Address: Broadway Ln, Waterfall, Stoke-on-Trent ST10 3JB, United Kingdom
Site Location: Staffordshire, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off (E) the A523, 13-14 km WNW of Ashbourne
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Lichfield
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one from the ca. 1200 church here)
Font Notes:
The entry for this church in Historic England [Listing NGR: SK0819251649] reports two fonts in it, one of the them 17th-century, the other 19th-century: "Parish Church. 1792 with core of c. 1200, chancel rebuilt 1890 using medieval masonry [...] small C17 font with square moulded base and cylindrical pedestal tapering towards the top, rounded basin with moulded rim; late C19 font, octagonal base and basin with a cluster of 5 marble pedestal columns with stiff leaf capitals". Baptismal font of the 17th century [www.thornber.net] -- [NB: the fabric of the church goes back to the Norman period, but we have no information on the earlier fonts of this church]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

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