Bassingham No. 2 / Basingeham

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design element - motifs - quatrefoil

Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]

INFORMATION

FontID: 12534BAS
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Michael and All Angels
Church Patron Saints: St. Michael & All Angels
Church Location: Newark Road, Bassingham, Lincoln LN5 9HA, UK -- Tel.: 01522 788383
Country Name: England
Location: Lincolnshire, East Midlands
Directions to Site: Located off (E) the A46, 15 km SSW of Lincoln
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Lincoln
Historical Region: Hundred of Graffoe
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 15th century, Perpendicular
The present font is noted in Pevsner, Harris and Antram (1989): "Octagonal, Perp[endicular], with quatrefoils." A caption to a photograph of the church interior in Geograph [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4793927] [accessed 18 June 2018] notes: "The font dates from the 13th century."

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 53.12715, -0.6444
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 53° 7′ 37.74″ N, 0° 38′ 39.84″ W
UTM: 30U 657608 5889007

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

REFERENCES

Pevsner, Nikolaus, Lincolnshire, London: Penguin, 1989