Nevill Holt

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 12358NEV
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: ca. 1150
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century (mid?), Norman
Church / Chapel Name: Chapel of St. Mary [attached to the Parish Church of St. Giles, Medbourne]
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17530612
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Church Notes: "St Mary's Church is a 'closed church' and is currently in private ownership" [source: ADS heritage1-271155_1.pdf ]
Church Address: Nevill Holt, Harborough, Leicestershire, UK
Site Location: Leicestershire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off the B664, 8 km NW of Corby, near (adjacent to) Medbourne, itself 23 km SE of Leicester
Additional Comments: re-cycled font: originally from the earlier church on this site
Font Notes:
Noted in the Victoria County History (Leicestershire, 1964): "a font which is a relic of an earlier church of c. 1150." [source: www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=22062] [accessed 22 November 2006]. In Pevsner (1984): "Font. Norman, of tub shape, on a square base, with claws at the angles." The entry for this church in Historic England [Listing NGR: SP8164393692] notes: "Church. C13 - C15, restored 1878 [...] Norman font, round, with feet at angles, on square base."

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: tub-shaped
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

REFERENCES

  • Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.
  • Pevsner, Nikolaus, Leicestershire and Rutland, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1984, p. 329