Cossall

Results: 2 records

design element - motifs - quatrefoil

Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]

design element - patterns - crenellated

Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]

INFORMATION

FontID: 15442COS
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Catherine
Church Patron Saints: St. Catherine of Alexandria [aka Katherine, Katharine]
Country Name: England
Location: Nottinghamshire, East Midlands
Directions to Site: Located 2 km E of Ilkeston
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Southwell and Nottingham
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 15th century, Late Medieval
Listed in Guilford (1927) as a good Perpendicular font. Described in Pevsner & Williamson (1979): "C15, octagonal, with quatrefoils at foot and top and panelled battlements."

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

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

REFERENCES

Guilford, Everard Leaver, Nottinghamshire, London: Methuen, 1927
Pevsner, Nikolaus, Nottinghamshire, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1979