Attenborough

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B01: design element - architectural - arcade - blind - pointed arches

INFORMATION

FontID: 15421ATT
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Mary Magdalene
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary Magdalene
Country Name: England
Location: Nottinghamshire, East Midlands
Directions to Site: Now part of Broxtowe and a suburb of Nottingham
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Southwell and Nottingham
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, by the entrance
Century and Period: 13th - 14th century [basin only] -- 15th century [base only] [composite font], Medieval [composite]
Font Notes:
Reported in Standish (1906): "On entering the church, we notice first the fairly large font, lined with lead, and belonging to the Decorated period. It is octagonal in shape and has panel-like arcading work on the sides. It now stands on a moulding of the Perpendicular period, originally, perhaps, the base of a pillar." Described in Cox (1912) with early-14th century date. Listed in Guilford as Decorated. Described in Pevsner & Williamson (1979): "Plain C13 with nothing but blank pointed arcades on the eight panels."

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Drainage Notes: lead-lined

REFERENCES

Cox, John Charles, Nottinghamshire, London: Allen, 1912
Guilford, Everard Leaver, Nottinghamshire, London: Methuen, 1927
Pevsner, Nikolaus, Nottinghamshire, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1979
Standish, J., revd., "Attenborough Church (part 1)", 10 (1906), Transactions of the Thoroton Society