Great Carlton No. 2

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 12635CAR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century, Perpendicular
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Edith [redundant -- font moved to Great Carlton St John's]]
Font Location in Church: font moved to Gt. Carlton [cf. FontNotes]
Church Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q26595351
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Edith
Site Location: Lincolnshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located E of Legbourne, S of Manby, about halfway between Louth and the coast
Additional Comments: re-cycled font / moved font [cf. FontNotes]
Font Notes:
The second of two fonts reported by Pevsner, Harris and Antram (1989) in the church of St. John the Baptist, Great Carlton: "The other, now in use, is from St Edith, Little Carlton. Also octagonal and Perp[endicular], the panels each with three cusped arches and a little panel tracery." [cf. Index entry for Great Carlton No. 1 for theoriginal font of Great Carlton St. John's]

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