Little Stretton nr. Leicester

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B01: design element - architectural - arcade - blind - pointed arches - 16

Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]

INFORMATION

FontID: 12255STR
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. John the Baptist
Church Patron Saints: St. John the Baptist
Country Name: England
Location: Leicestershire, East Midlands
Directions to Site: Located near Gt. Stretton, ESE of Leicester
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 13th century, Medieval
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."

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

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

REFERENCES

Pevsner, Nikolaus, Leicestershire and Rutland, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1984