Rugby

INFORMATION

Font ID: 12573WAR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century, Early English
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Andrew
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Andrew
Site Location: Warwickshire, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located 27 km ENE of Warwick
Additional Comments: disappeared font: the original medieval font
Font Notes:
Lewis' Dictionary of 1848 notes: "The church contains an elegant modern font, executed in Caen stone, and designed in the style of the 14th century; it is octagonal in form, with projecting ogee arched canopied niches, within which are alternatively displayed the Evangelistic symbols interspersed with shields bearing various crosses and the sacred monogram I H C." [NB: Lewis' (ibid.) dates the original church to the Early English period but we have no information on the older font(s) of this church]. [NB: Lewis' (ibid.) reports one more modern font: "a beautiful piece of workmanship, of hexagonal form", in St. Matthew's, a district church erected in 1841 -- this font is not listed in this Index on account of its late date]

REFERENCES

  • Lewis, Samuel, A Topographical Dictionary of England, Comprising the Several Counties, Cities, Boroughs, Corporate and Market Towns, Parishes, Chapelries, and Townships, and the Islands of Guernsy, Jersey, and Man, with Historical and Statistical Descriptions [...], London: S. Lewis, 1831, [www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=51249] [accessed 28 February 2007]