Charwelton / Cherwelton
Results: 3 records
B01: design element - motifs - floral - fleur-de-lis
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Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]
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B02: design element - motifs - foliage
Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]
B03: symbol - emblem - Trinity
Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]
INFORMATION
FontID: 12283CHA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of the Holy Trinity
Church Patron Saints: The Holy Trinity
Country Name: England
Location: Northamptonshire, East Midlands
Directions to Site: Located on the A361, 7-8 km SSW of Daventry
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 15th century, Perpendicular
Font Notes:
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Reported in Lewis' Dictionary of 1848: "The font is octagonal, and is a curious piece of workmanship". Described in Whellan (1849): " The font is very elegant: on the faces of the basin, which is octagonal, are the emblems of the blessed Trinity, a rose, and other ornaments." Noted in Mee (1945) as a 500-year-old medieval font "which has fleur-de-lys and other foliage on its eight sides". In Pevsner & Cherry (1973): "Octagonal, with square stem. On bowl and stem closely scattered individual leaves and flowers. Is this C15 work?"
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
REFERENCES
Lewis, Samuel, A Topographical Dictionary of England, Comprising the Several Counties, Cities, Boroughs, Corporate and Market Towns, Parishes, Chapelries, and Townships, and the Islands of Guernsy, Jersey, and Man, with Historical and Statistical Descriptions [...], London: S. Lewis, 1831
Mee, Arthur, The King's England: Northamptonshire, country of spires and stately homes, London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1945
Pevsner, Nikolaus, Northamptonshire, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1973
Whellan, William, History, gazetteer, and directory of Northamptonshire, comprising a general survey of the county, and a history of the Diocese of Peterborough: with separate [...], London: Whittaker & Co., Ave Maria Lane, 1849