Countesthorpe / Thorpcontasse
Image copyright © Aidan McRae Thomson, 2014
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Results: 4 records
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]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
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]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
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]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
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
Font ID: 19982COU
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Andrew
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Andrew
Church Address: 7 Main Street / Station Rd., Countesthorpe, Leicestershire LE8 5QX
Site Location: Leicestershire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located 10-12 km S of Leicester
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Leicester
Additional Comments: altered font? (the present font has been re-tooled) -- disappeared font? (the one from the original ca.1220 church here)
Font Notes:
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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."
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
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 626196 5824309
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 52.554207, -1.138611
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 52° 33′ 15.14″ N, 1° 8′ 19″ W
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