Quarrington

INFORMATION

FontID: 12741QUA
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Botolph
Church Patron Saints: St. Botulph [aka St. Botolph, Botolph of Thorney, Botulf]
Country Name: England
Location: Lincolnshire, East Midlands
Directions to Site: Located 2 km SSW of Sleaford
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 15th century, Perpendicular
Lewis' Dictionary of 1848 notes that the church of St. Botolph is "partly in the early and partly in the decorated English style, and contains a font of later date curiously shaped". Described in Pevsner, Harris and Antram (1989): "Font. Octagonal, the bowl with taperinf sides. Simple motifs. Probably Perp[endicular]."

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

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
Pevsner, Nikolaus, Lincolnshire, London: Penguin, 1989