The Font - St.Lawrence's Church, Long Buckby, Northants.
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greysman
N 52° 18.258 W 001° 04.902
30U E 630791 N 5796616
A simple hexagonal basin font set on an old sandstone pillar and base placed at the back of the church near the north aisle.
Waymark Code: WMBK8N
Location: East Midlands, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 05/29/2011
Views: 1
This is a Medieval church, restored in the C19 by G.G. Scott and W. Bassett-Smith when the aisles of 1774 were gothicised. It is built of coursed ironstone rubble and ashlar. It has a chancel, nave, and north and south aisles extending over the first bay of the chancel, a south porch, and a west tower. The chancel has 3-light Decorated windows to the east end and north and south sides with C19 tracery. The nave has a clerestory with C19 circular windows.
The font is to be found one bay from the west end of the nave, between the nave and the north aisle. It a simple hexagonal limestone basin font set upon an old sandstone pillar and base. It has a simple timber cover.
Approximate Age of Artefact: Not listed
Relevant Website: Not listed
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