Countesthorpe / Thorpcontasse
Image copyright © Aidan McRae Thomson, 2014
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Results: 4 records
view of church exterior - north view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Christopher Jones, 2015
Image Source: digital photograph taken by Christopher Jones [www.leicestershirechurches.co.uk/countesthorpe-st-andrew/] [accessed 10 August 2015]
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view of church interior - nave - looking east
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Christopher Jones, 2015
Image Source: digital photograph taken by Christopher Jones [www.leicestershirechurches.co.uk/countesthorpe-st-andrew/] [accessed 10 August 2015]
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view of font and cover
Scene Description: the font much re-tooled, obviously
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Aidan McRae Thomson, 2014
Image Source: detail of a digital photograph taken 13 September 2014 by Aidan McRae Thomson [www.flickr.com/photos/amthomson/15235147417] [accessed 10 August 2015]
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view of font and cover in context
Scene Description: Source caption: "Font, Countesthorpe. St Andrew's church in Countesthorpe retains its medieval tower but the main body of the church was otherwise rebuilt in 1841, and then further remodelled in 1907 when the present brick arcades in the nave were constructed."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Aidan McRae Thomson, 2014
Image Source: digital photograph taken 13 September 2014 by Aidan McRae Thomson [www.flickr.com/photos/amthomson/15235147417] [accessed 10 August 2015]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
INFORMATION
FontID: 19982COU
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Andrew
Church Patron Saints: St. Andrew
Church Location: 7 Main Street / Station Rd., Countesthorpe, Leicestershire LE8 5QX
Country Name: England
Location: Leicestershire, East Midlands
Directions to Site: Located 10-12 km S of Leicester
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Leicester
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: , Medieval
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Christopher Jones, of Leicestershire Churches [www.leicestershirechurches.co.uk], and to Aidan McRae Thomson for their photographs of this church and font
No entry found for Countesthorpe in the Domesday survey. English Heritage [Listing NGR: SP5854195440] (1957) notes; "Medieval font, octagonal with plain panels and moulding above the shaft."
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal:
52.554207,
-1.138611
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS:
52° 33′ 15.14″ N,
1° 8′ 19″ W
UTM: 30U 626196 5824309
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern
Material:
wood,
oak?
Apparatus: no
Notes: low octagonal pyramid with turned finial