Scotton

INFORMATION

Font ID: 12756SCO
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Genewys
Church Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17532806
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Genewys
Site Location: Lincolnshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located 14 km NE of Gainsborough
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Lincoln
Additional Comments: disappeared font: the original font
Font Notes:
Noted in Pevsner, Harris and Antram (1989): "Font. Circular. of Caen stone and marble, really terrible, yet said (by Kelly) to be by Street, who restored the chancel in 1866" [i.e., George Edmund Street (1824-1881) Victorian architect, disciple of G. G. Scott]. [NB: the church goes back to medieval times but we have no information of the original font of this church]

REFERENCES

  • Pevsner, Nikolaus, Lincolnshire, London: Penguin, 1989, p. 628