Little Stretton nr. Leicester / Stretton Parva

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 12255STR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th - 14th century (?), Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. John the Baptist, Little Stretton
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Wikidata: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Church_of_St_Clement_and_St_John,_Stretton_Parva_(Little_Stretton)_-_geograph.org.uk_-_6283818.jpg
Church Patron Saint(s): St. John the Baptist
Church Address: Little Stretton, Leicester LE2 2FT, UK
Site Location: Leicestershire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located SE of Gt. Stretton [deserted], 9 km ESE of Leicester
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Leicester
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one from the 12thC church here)
Font Notes:
Noted in Pevsner (1984): "Font. Octagonal, of the type often found in South England, made of Purbeck marble. In each panel two pointed arches, sometimes plain, sometimes trefoiled." The entry for this church in Historic England [Listing NGR: SK6686100279] notes: "Church C12, Cl3 and C15, restored late C19 [...] C13/C14 octagonal font of Purbeck marble. In each panel 2 blank pointed arches, mostly cusped." Mentioned as a 13th-century Purbeck font in the CRSBI entry for this church [https://www.crsbi.ac.uk/view-item?i=1767] [accessed 29 June 2025].

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone (Purbeck marble)
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

REFERENCES

  • Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture in Britain and Ireland, The Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture in Britain and Ireland, The Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture in Britain and Ireland. URL: http://www.crsbi.ac.uk.
  • Pevsner, Nikolaus, Leicestershire and Rutland, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1984, p. 275