Nether Heyford

INFORMATION

FontID: 12326HEY

Object Type: Baptismal Font1

Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Peter and St. Paul

Church Patron Saints: St. Peter & St. Paul

Country Name: England

Location: Northamptonshire, East Midlands

Directions to Site: Located off (E) tha A5, 6-7 km SSW of Northampton

Font Location in Church: Inside the church, attached to one of the piers of the nave (?) arcade

Century and Period: 14th century, Decorated

Font Notes: Click to view

Described in Mee (1945): "The font has an octagonal cover with 14th century foliage carved on panels in which the red and green paint of the medieval artist is fading away." [NB: is the font from the same date? The fabric of the building goes back to the 12th century]. A "Drawing of front elevation and plan view of the font at Upper Heyford church" is recorded in Scran [ID: 000-000-653-960-C] Resource Rights Holder: Northamptonshire Libraries and Information Service (X4L RAPID)] [www.scran.ac.uk]. Not mentioned in Pevsner & Cherry (1973).

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

LID INFORMATION

Date: 14th-century

Material: wood

Notes: painted font [cf. FontNotes]

REFERENCES

Mee, Arthur, The King's England: Northamptonshire, country of spires and stately homes, London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1945