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INFORMATION
Font ID: 12853WOO
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. James
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q26461890
Church Patron Saint(s): St. James
Site Location: Lincolnshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located 10 km SW of Grantham
Font Notes:
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Noted in Pevsner, Harris and Antram (1989): "Font. Octagonal, with cusped ogee arches encrusted with foliage." [NB: the new parish church replaced an older one in 1791, then rebuilt in 1845-1847, according to Pevsner & al. Was the font the original?]
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. 811