Hayton nr. Retford
Results: 2 records
B01: design element - motifs - foliage
UB01: design element - architectural - arcade
INFORMATION
FontID: 15480HAY
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Peter
Church Patron Saints: St. Peter
Country Name: England
Location: Nottinghamshire, East Midlands
Directions to Site: Located 6 km NE of Retford
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Southwell & Nottingham
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 14th century (late?) [re-tooled], Decorated [altered]
Font Notes:
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Described in Cox (1912): "Octagonal font, panels carved foliage; octagonal arcaded shaft, late Dec[orated]." In Pevsner & Williamson (1979): "Font. C14, octagonal, with large leaves in the panels, completely re-tooled."
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