Croft nr. Wainfleet

Image copyright © Richard Croft, 2010
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Results: 9 records
design element - motifs - floral
design element - motifs - moulding
design element - motifs - niche - 8
human figure - demi-figure - 8
symbol - shield - hanging shield - blank - in an arch - cusped arch - 8
view of church exterior - south porch and portal
view of church exterior - southwest view
view of church interior - looking west
view of font and cover - southeast side

Scene Description: Source caption: "All Saints' font. C15 octagonal bowl supported by head and foliate motifs on a tall, panelled pedestal, each side of the bowl has a shield set in a cusped arch."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Richard Croft, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph taken 13 May 2009 by Richard Croft [accessed 14 November 2019]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-2.0
INFORMATION
FontID: 12584CRO
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of All Saints
Church Patron Saints: All Saints
Church Location: Church Ln, Croft, Skegness, UK
Country Name: England
Location: Lincolnshire, East Midlands
Directions to Site: Located off (N) the A52 [aka Wainfleet Rd], 3 km NNE of Wainfleet, 6 km SW of Skegness
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Lincoln
Historical Region: Hundred of Candleshoe
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end
Century and Period: 14th - 15th century, Perpendicular
Workshop/Group/Artisan: heraldic font
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
There is an entry for this Croft in the Domesday survey [https://opendomesday.org/place/TF5061/croft/] [accessed 14 November 2019] but it mentions neither cleric nor church in it. Pevsner, Harris and Antram (1989) note: "Font. Octagonal, big, with shields in simple panels, the bowl supported by busts." The entry for this church in Historic England [Listing NGR: TF5092161858] notes: "Parish church. C14, C15. [...] C15 octagonal font on a tall, panelled pedestal, the octagonal bowl supported by head and foliate motifs, and each side of the bowl with a shield set in a cusped arch."
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal:
53.1296,
0.254115
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS:
53° 7′ 46.56″ N,
0° 15′ 14.81″ E
UTM: 31U 316295 5890210
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
LID INFORMATION
Material:
wood,
oak?
Apparatus: no
Notes: octagonal, of two levels, with figural finial
REFERENCES
Pevsner, Nikolaus, Lincolnshire, London: Penguin, 1989