Stenigot

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 12778STE
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century, Perpendicular
Workshop/Group/Artisan: heraldic font
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Nicholas
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q26316997
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Nicholas of Myra
Site Location: Lincolnshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located 9 km WSW of Louth
Additional Comments: disappeared font?
Font Notes:
Noted in Pevsner, Harris and Antram (1989): "Font. Octagonal, Perp[endicular], with shields in quatrefoils." [NB: Pevsner & al. (ibid.) mention the old Norman church about 1 km to the NE, but we have no information of the original font -if any- of that church].

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. 717