South Luffenham / Lufenham / Luffeham / Lufham / South Lefenham / South Lufnam

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view of font and cover

Font image
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Janice Tostevin, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph taken 11 June 2010 by Janice Tostevin for BSI
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission

design element - motifs - quatrefoil - in a circle - 7

[cf. Font notes]
Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Janice Tostevin, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph taken 11 June 2010 by Janice Tostevin for BSI
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission

view of church exterior - southeast view

Font image
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Christopher Jones, 2015
Image Source: digital photograph taken by Christopher Jones [www.leicestershirechurches.co.uk/south-luffenham-st-mary-the-virgin/] [accessed 21 July 2015]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission

view of church interior - nave - north arcade - capital

Source caption: "Late 12th century detail on the north arcade."
Scene Description: Source caption: "Late 12th century detail on the north arcade."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Christopher Jones, 2015
Image Source: digital photograph taken by Christopher Jones [www.leicestershirechurches.co.uk/south-luffenham-st-mary-the-virgin/] [accessed 21 July 2015]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission

view of font and cover in context

the font and cover are partially visible all the way across the nave, towards the south doorway
Scene Description: the font and cover are partially visible all the way across the nave, towards the south doorway
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Christopher Jones, 2015
Image Source: digital photograph taken by Christopher Jones [www.leicestershirechurches.co.uk/south-luffenham-st-mary-the-virgin/] [accessed 21 July 2015]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission

view of church interior - nave - looking east

Font image
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Christopher Jones, 2015
Image Source: digital photograph taken by Christopher Jones [www.leicestershirechurches.co.uk/south-luffenham-st-mary-the-virgin/] [accessed 21 July 2015]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission

design element - motifs - spur - 4

at the angles of the lower base
Scene Description: at the angles of the lower base
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Janice Tostevin, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph taken 11 June 2010 by Janice Tostevin for BSI
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission

INFORMATION

Font ID: 12505LUF
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century, Perpendicular
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Mary the Virgin
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, by the W pillar of the arcade separating the nave from the S aisle
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Church Address: The Street, South Luffenham, Rutland. LE15 8NX. UK
Site Location: Rutland, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off (N) the A6121, 8 km ENE of Uppingham
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Peterborough
Historical Region: Hundred of Witchley [in Domesday] -- Hundred of Wrandike
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one from the 12thC church here)
Font Notes:
There are two entries for [South] Luffenham [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/SK9401/south-luffenham/] [accessed 21 July 2015], neither of which mentions cleric or church in it. The Victoria County History (Rutland, vol. 2, 1935) notes: "The original church was probably an aisleless building with small chancel, and was enlarged c. 1190–1200 [...] The chancel was restored about 1850, and in 1861 there was an extensive restoration of the whole of the fabric, under the direction of G. E. Street [...] The 14th-century font has an octagonal bowl with quatrefoil panels on seven sides, on an octagonal stem and chamfered base." Noted in Pevsner (1984): "Font. Octagonal, Perp[endicular], with quatrefoils."
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Christopher Jones, of Leicestershire Churches [www.leicestershirechurches.co.uk], and to Janice Tostevin for their photographs of this church and font

COORDINATES

UTM: 30U 661748 5831189
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 52.6066, -0.6113
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 52° 36′ 23.76″ N, 0° 36′ 40.68″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

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

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. 507