Canwick
INFORMATION
Font ID: 12564CAN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century / 15th-century [stem only] [composite font], Medieval [composite]
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of All Saints
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17530790
Church Patron Saint(s): All Saints
Site Location: Lincolnshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located 3 km SSE of Lincoln
Additional Comments: altered font: the stem is of later date
Font Notes:
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Noted in Pevsner, Harris and Antram (1989): "Font. Elementary E[arly] E[nglish]. Four corner colums carry and embrace an octagonal bowl. The thicker middle support is Perp[endicular]."
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. 210