Norman font - St Guthlac - Branston, Leicestershire - Romanesque Architecture on Waymarking.com

12th century Norman font in St Guthlac's church, Branston. Octagonal, and decorated with engaged columns on the stem and intersecting arches on the bowl, with nailhead.

"The ancient Parish Church at Branston has a prominent position in the main street and is one of only 9 churches in the country dedicated to Saint Guthlac, an East Anglian Saint. Christian worship has been offered on this site for 1300years, the present church being built of local stone onwards from the 13th c.

The interior of the church is spacious and airy, large enough to accommodate a rare 18th c. Hugh Russell organ built into a western gallery. Amongst other features it has fine Norman arches, a Norman Font, and a slab tomb to John Spethyn dated from 1460 in the N. Aisle."

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Web site proof of Romanesque or Pre-Romanesque features: [Web Link] Type of building (structure): Church Address: St Guthlac Main Street Branston-by-Belvoir, Leicestershire England NG32 1RU Date of origin: Not listed Architect(s) if known: Not listed Romanesque or Pre-Romanesque: Not listed

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