Woolsthorpe

Results: 2 records

B01: design element - architectural - arcade - Ogee arches - cusped

[cf. Font notes]
Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]

B02: design element - motifs - foliage

[cf. Font notes]
Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]

INFORMATION

FontID: 12853WOO
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. James
Church Patron Saints: St. James
Country Name: England
Location: Lincolnshire, East Midlands
Directions to Site: Located 10 km SW of Grantham
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Font Notes:
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