Gosfield

Results: 2 records

B01: design element - motifs - panel - quatrefoiled

UB01: design element - architectural - arch - cusped arch

INFORMATION

FontID: 16745GOS
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Catherine
Church Patron Saints: St. Catherine of Alexandria [aka Katherine]
Country Name: England
Location: Essex, East
Directions to Site: Located near Halstead, to the S [Coordinates: 51° 56′ 0″ N, 0° 35′ 0″ E 51.933333, 0.583333]
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Chelmsford
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 15th - 16th century/ 19th century, Perpendicular? / Victorian?
The British Listed Buildings website [http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-114663-church-of-st-catherine-gosfield] [accessed 30 June 2010] notes: "Octagonal font with quatrefoiled panelling to bowl and cusped two centre arches to stem." [NB: there may have been a church in this place by 1190, of which nothing remains now].

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

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