Sutton-cum-Lound / Sutton-cum-Lownde

Results: 3 records

B01: design element - motifs - floral - in a quatrefoil - 8

BU01: design element - motifs - moulding - graded

R01: design element - patterns - crenellated

INFORMATION

FontID: 15799SUT
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Bartholomew
Church Patron Saints: St. Bartholomew
Country Name: England
Location: Nottinghamshire, East Midlands
Directions to Site: Located off (N) the A638, NNW of Redford, SSE of Doncaster
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 15th century / 19th century, Perpendicular? / Victorian?
Baptismal font consisting of an octagonal basin decorated with floral motifs inscribed in octagonal panels on the sides, a crenellated pattern around the upper rim; graded moulding on the underbowl; octagonal-to-square stem with mouldings; moulded square lower base; on a square plinth with chamfered angles. The font is of Perpendicular design but could be a 19th-century piece [description based on a 2003 slide photograph of the font posted for sale on e-Bay [http://www.auctiva.com/hostedimages/showimage.aspx?gid=493177&image=322633672&images=322636793,322636739,322633797,322633770,322633738,322633703,322633653,322633672&formats=0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0&format=0] [accessed 5 January 2009]]. [NB: the church itself goes back to the Norman period, as the chancel arch indicates, but we have no information on the earlier font(s) of this church]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

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