Blidworth

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B01: design element - patterns - tracery

INFORMATION

FontID: 15426BLI
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Mary of the Purification
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Country Name: England
Location: Nottinghamshire, East Midlands
Directions to Site: Located 8 km E of Mansfield
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Southwell and Nottingham
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Date: ca. 1485?
Century and Period: 15th century (late?), Perpendicular
Described in Cox (1912): "Font a fine bold example about like date [i.e., 1485, the date the tower is believed to have been built], as shown by tracery with ornaments panels of octagonal bowl; it stands on a chalice-shaped base." Described in Pevsner & Williamson (1979): "C15, with a variety of blank Perp[endicular] tracery panelling."

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

REFERENCES

Cox, John Charles, Nottinghamshire, London: Allen, 1912
Pevsner, Nikolaus, Nottinghamshire, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1979