Great Oakley nr. Kettering

INFORMATION

FontID: 12303OAK
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Michael
Church Patron Saints: St. Michael
Country Name: England
Location: Northamptonshire, East Midlands
Directions to Site: Located 3 km from Corby, 8 kms from Kettering. [NB: the church is located in the grounds of Great Oakley Hall, the manor house]
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 13th century, Transitional / Early English
Font Notes:
Noted in Mee (1945): "The plain octagonal font is 13th century." No font mentioned in Pevsner & Cherry (1973).

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