Dowsby

INFORMATION

Font ID: 12599DOW
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century [basin only] [composite font], Medieval [composite]
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Andrew
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17549928
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Andrew
Site Location: Lincolnshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located 10 km NE of Bourne
Additional Comments: recycled font : mounted on a new base in 1876 / composite font
Font Notes:
Noted in Pevsner, Harris and Antram (1989): "Font. Simple, tub-shaped, on an octagonal base of 1876."

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: tub-shaped
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

REFERENCES

  • Pevsner, Nikolaus, Lincolnshire, London: Penguin, 1989, p. 258