Great Carlton No. 1

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 12634CAR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century, Perpendicular
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. John the Baptist
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q26642181
Church Patron Saint(s): St. John the Baptist
Site Location: Lincolnshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off the B1200 10 km SE of Louth
Additional Comments: disused font / unused font
Font Notes:
Noted in Pevsner, Harris and Antram (1989) as one of two Perpendicular fonts now in this church: "octagonal [...] with panel tracery" [NB: this one was, according to Pevsner & al. (ibid.), not in use at the time of their report]. [cf. Index entry for Great Carlton No. 2 for the second font, originally from Little Carlton]

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. 327