North Nibley

Image copyright © John Wilkes, 2010
Standing permission
Results: 5 records
B01: design element - motifs - foiled - 8
BU01: design element - patterns - ribbed
view of church exterior - southeast view
view of church interior - nave - looking east
INFORMATION
FontID: 14056NIB
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Martin
Church Patron Saints: St. Martin of Tours
Country Name: England
Location: Gloucestershire, South West
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 15th century, Perpendicular
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to John Wilkes, 2008, of www.allthecotswolds.com, for his photographs of church and font
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
Noted in Verey & Brooks (1999-2002): "Font. C15". Baptismal font consisting of an octagonal basin with vertical sides decorated with deeply-carved inscribed trefoils and quatrefoils; the underbowl has ribbed pattern all around; raised on a square pedestal with partially chamfered sides; on a tiny octagonal plinth. Pyramidal wooden cover, eights sides; on the upper part the sides are open; on the lower volume there are three qautrefoils per side.
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
LID INFORMATION
Material:
wood,
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
REFERENCES
Verey, David, Gloucestershire, London: Penguin Books, 1999-2002