Culworth

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B01: design element - motifs - floral - fleur-de-lis

Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]

INFORMATION

FontID: 12291CUL
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Mary the Virgin
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Country Name: England
Location: Northamptonshire, East Midlands
Directions to Site: Located off the B4525, 9-10 km NE of Banbury
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Date: ca. 1662?
Century and Period: 17th century(mid?), Restoration
Noted in Mee (1945): "a dainty font adorned with fleur-de-lys which has been here since Charles Sturat's son came back to claim the crown" [ca. 1660?]. In Pevsner & Cherry (1973): "Small, octagonal, dated 1662, mostly with simple fleur-de-lis panels."

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

REFERENCES

Mee, Arthur, The King's England: Northamptonshire, country of spires and stately homes, London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1945
Pevsner, Nikolaus, Northamptonshire, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1973