Barkston / Barchestone / Barchestune

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design element - motifs - roll moulding
view of church exterior - north portal
view of church exterior - southeast view
view of church exterior - southwest view
view of church interior - looking east
view of church interior - north aisle - portal - detail

Scene Description: sculpture now set on the inside of the blocked north portal
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © J. Hannan-Briggs, 2012
Image Source: digital photograph taken 3 November 2012 by J. Hannan-Briggs [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3218221] [accessed 20 May 2019]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-2.0
view of font
view of font and cover
view of font cover
INFORMATION
FontID: 22168BAR
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Nicholas
Church Patron Saints: St. Nicholas of Myra
Church Location: Church St, Barkston, Grantham NG32 2NB, UK -- Tel.: +44 1400 250780
Country Name: England
Location: Lincolnshire, East Midlands
Directions to Site: Located off (E) the A607, 6 km N of Grantham
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Lincoln
Historical Region: Hundred of Threo
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the nave
Century and Period: 15th century, Perpendicular
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
There are five entries for this Barkston [variant spellings] in the Domesday survey [https://opendomesday.org/place/SK9341/barkston/] [accessed 20 May 2019] none of which mentions a church in it. The entry for this church in Historic England [Listing NGR: SK9329041524] notes: "Parish church. C12, C13, C14, C15, C16, C18 restored 1865 and 1887. [...] C15 octagonal chalice shaped font."
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal:
52.962944,
-0.612691
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS:
52° 57′ 46.6″ N,
0° 36′ 45.69″ W
UTM: 30U 660338 5870815
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: yes; pulley
Notes: tall octagonal cake-like font with decorated arrises and domed upper volume; modern