Church Preen / Prene

INFORMATION

FontID: 16277PRE
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. John the Baptist
Church Patron Saints: St. John the Baptist
Country Name: England
Location: Shropshire, West Midlands
Directions to Site: Located 10 km WSW OF Much Wenlock, 16 from SSE of Shrewsbury
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 13th - 14th century, Medieval
Church Notes: originally a monastic church of the id 12th century (Newman & Pevsner, 2006)
Font Notes:
Described in Sparrow & Ebblewhite (s.d.): "The ancient font is octagonal: the diagonal sides, which are much shorter than the others, end on two sides in small broaches, the remaining two being plain. It may be original, but the detail is less like the thirteenth than the fourteenth century." Not mentioned in Newman & Pevsner (2006).

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

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

REFERENCES

Sparrow, Arthur, The History of Church Preen in the County of Salop