Kirkwhelpington / Kirk Whelpington
INFORMATION
Font ID: 15883KIR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 17th century[composite font], Baroque [composite]
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Batholomew
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Bartholomew
Site Location: Northumberland, North East, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located 13 km SE of Elsdon, 24 W of Morpeth, 33 km NW of Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Newcastle
Additional Comments: altered font: base is late-medieval recycled pier
Font Notes:
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Noted in Pevsner (1957): "Plain octagonal and probably C17, but resting on a reversed capital of a C14 or C15 pier".
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
REFERENCES
- Pevsner, Nikolaus, Northumberland, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1957, p. 202