Worthington

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 12440WOR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 14th - 15th century, Late Decorated? / Perpendicular?
Workshop/Group/Artisan: heraldic font
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Matthew, Worthington
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the W end, by the S entrance [moved from N side?]
Church Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17542677
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Matthew
Site Location: Leicestershire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located inside the triangle made by the A447-A453-A512, 7 km NE of Ashby-de-la-Zouch
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Leicester
Font Notes:
Noted in Rev. H.A. Dane's 'short guide' (revised 29 April 2001) in The United Benefice of Breedon and Worthington web site [www.benefice.org.uk/worthington_church/a_short-_guide.php] [accessed 21 December 2006]: "As you enter by the south door you see the font which at one time stood near the north door. It is of the 14th century, is made of sandstone and is octagonal in shape, on each face of which is a plain shield with a four foil, and other shields on the upper part of the basin. The oak cover was presented to the Church by Holy Trinity Church, Ashby, in 1958." In Pevsner (1984): "Font. Octagonal, with shields in quatrefoils."

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, sandstone
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

REFERENCES

  • Pevsner, Nikolaus, Leicestershire and Rutland, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1984, p. 429