Newcastle, Westgate Road, Church of St. John, font cover

HER Number:
15330

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Newcastle, Westgate Road, Church of St. John, font cover

Place:
Newcastle

Map Sheet:
NZ26SW

Class:
Religious Ritual and Funerary

Site Type: Broad:

Site Type: Specific:
Font

General Period:
Medieval

Specific Period:
C15

Form of Evidence:
Structure

Description:
Described by Hodgson in 1912. Smaller than that in St. Nicholas Cathedral (HER 13534) but " equally meritorious in point of design, and equally well preserved". C15 in date, Hodgson suggested that it was made by the same artificer as St. Nicholas. "nothing better than either of them could be desired, or indeed found, in any of the genuine 15th century covers remaining in the Kingdom". He states that the font cover was wholly reproduced/restored in the 17th century. The leafage is softer and bossier than than at St. Nicholas.

Easting:
2470

Northing:
6400

Grid Reference:
NZ24706400

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Dr J.F. Hodgson, 1912, Font Cover in St. John's Church, Newcastle, Transactions of the Architectural and Archaeological Society of Durham and Northumberland, Vol VI, pp 249-250; The Parish Church of St. John the Baptist, information sheet; N. Pevsner and I. Richmond (second edition revised by J. Grundy, G. McCombie, P. Ryder and H. Welfare) , 1992, The Buildings of England: Northumberland, p 428