Cossall

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 15442COS
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century, Late Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Catherine
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Wikidata: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Catherine%27s_Church,_Cossall
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Catherine of Alexandria [aka Katherine, Katharine]
Site Location: Nottinghamshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located 2 km E of Ilkeston
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Southwell and Nottingham
Font Notes:
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, p. 39, 79, 205
  • Pevsner, Nikolaus, Nottinghamshire, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1979, p. 106