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B01: design element - motifs - quatrefoil - 8

R01: design element - patterns - crenellated

UB01: design element - motifs - quatrefoil

INFORMATION

FontID: 15463TRO
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Helen
Church Patron Saints: St. Helena
Country Name: England
Location: Nottinghamshire, East Midlands
Directions to Site: Located between Nottingham and Ilkeston
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end of the nave.
Century and Period: 14th - 15th century, Perpendicular
Font Notes:
Noted in Moule (1837): "the ancient font is worthy of the observation of the antiquary". Described in Cox (1912): "Large octagonal font, late 14th cent., has quatrefoil in each panel, an embattled edge, and also quatrefoils round base." Guilford (1927.) dates to the 14th century. In Pevsner & Williamson (1979): "Octagonal, C15, with quatrefoils and battlements." Described and illustrated in the Parish web pages [http://www.trowellchurch.com/history-trowell-don.php] [accessed 13 October 2009]: "The font is a large 14th century octagonal font with a quatrefoil in each panel, an embattled edge and also quatrefoils around the base." The font is located at the west end of the nave.

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
Guilford, Everard Leaver, Nottinghamshire, London: Methuen, 1927
Moule, Thomas, The English counties delineated; or, A topographical description of England [...], London: George Virtue, 1837 [vol. 2]
Pevsner, Nikolaus, Nottinghamshire, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1979