Ravenstone nr. Coalville

INFORMATION

FontID: 12381RAV

Object Type: Baptismal Font1

Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Michael

Church Patron Saints: St. Michael

Country Name: England

Location: Leicestershire, East Midlands

Directions to Site: Located off the A511 road, between Coalville and Ashby-de-la-Zouch, in NW Leicestershire

Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the W end of the nave

Century and Period: 14th century, Medieval

Font Notes: Click to view

Noted in Pevsner (1984): "Font. Square bowl with chamfered corners on a square base." The NTLWorld site [http://homepage.ntlworld.com/mapping/raven/church.htm] informs that the font is made of Derbyshire stone and lead lined.

COORDINATES

UTM: 30U 607661 5842315

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, [Derbyshire stone]

Font Shape: square (mounted)

Basin Exterior Shape: square

Drainage Notes: lead lining

REFERENCES

Pevsner, Nikolaus, Leicestershire and Rutland, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1984