Binbrook
INFORMATION
Font ID: 12538BIN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 14th century [basin only] [composite font], Medieval [composite]
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Mary and St. Gabriel
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q26316464
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin & St. Gabriel
Site Location: Lincolnshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located near Wold Newton, on the Louth road
Additional Comments: altered font / composite font: base from the19th century
Font Notes:
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Noted in Pevsner, Harris and Antram (1989): "Font. Octagonal C14 bowl. The stem with attached marble shafts is by Fowler" [i.e., James Fowler (1828-1892), Lincolnshire Victorian architect]
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
REFERENCES
- Pevsner, Nikolaus, Lincolnshire, London: Penguin, 1989, p. 147