Witherley
Results: 2 records
view of church exterior in context - south view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Witherley Church. Situated by the side of the River Anker. This river is the Warwickshire / Leicestershire boundary here, so the church is just in Leicestershire, along with the village of Witherley."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Andy & Hilary, 2005
Image Source: digital photograph taken 7 May 2005 by Andy & Hilary [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/7832] [accessed 8 November 2019]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-2.0
INFORMATION
Font ID: 12439WIT
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 14th - 15th century, Perpendicular
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Peter
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Peter
Church Address: Church Rd, Witherley, Atherstone CV9 3NA , UK -- Tel.: +44 1455 213988
Site Location: Leicestershire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off (SW) the A5-B4111 crossroads, 2 km E of Atherstone, 10 km W of Market Bosworth
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Leicester
Additional Comments: painted font? [cf. FontNotes]
Font Notes:
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No individual entry fornd for Witherley in the Domesday survey. Pevsner (1984) notes: "Font. Octagonal. Perp[endicular], with panel tracery." The entry for this church in Historic England [Listing NGR: SP3251697339] notes: "Parish Church. Early C14, with a C15 west tower and a chancel of 1858 [...] C15 octagonal stone font with trefoil-headed arcading to the sides of the basin of the same type as that on the parapet of the tower." The entry for this church in Atherstone Forum [http://atherstoneforum.proboards.com/thread/485/witherley] [accessed 8 October 2019] notes: "The font is 14th Century, once painted by a too zealous churchwarden."
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 600295 5825912
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 52.574, -1.52
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 52° 34′ N, 1° 31′ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
REFERENCES
- Pevsner, Nikolaus, Leicestershire and Rutland, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1984, p. 428