This Romanesque font consists of a square limestone bowl carved with a beaded top border and a continuous frieze depicting four scenes from the life of Christ. The sculptor employed bold, shallow relief, characteristic of mid-12th-century work in the Northamptonshire region, with large-eyed figures, simplified drapery, and compressed narrative groupings.

The four scenes, arranged one per face of the bowl, are:

1. The Nativity – The infant Christ with attendant figures, typically Mary reclining or seated and the midwives, rendered in a compact composition.

2. The Baptism of Christ – (The face shown in the photograph.) Christ stands or sits in the Jordan while flanked by two haloed figures, with an attendant gesture that likely corresponds to John the Baptist and an angel holding a garment.

3. The Entry into Jerusalem – Christ riding into the city, greeted by disciples or inhabitants, a common motif on Romanesque fonts linking baptism with Christ’s triumphal approach to the city of salvation.

4. Christ in Glory – A theophanic image, probably showing Christ enthroned or within a mandorla, underscoring the eschatological promise inherent in baptism.

The panel in the image displays the Baptism of Christ: Christ centrally placed in a stylised river basin, flanked by two haloed attendants. The left-hand figure kneels or bends in an act of offering, while the right-hand figure lifts a draped canopy or veil. A leonine mask at the edge of the panel acts as a transitional motif—a typical Romanesque decorative device.

The font’s rediscovery in 1887, when it was found built into the west wall of the nave, indicates that it had been discarded or repurposed at some point—likely during the late medieval or early post-medieval period when many sculptural fonts fell out of liturgical favour or were replaced. Its reinstatement restored an important example of Midlands Romanesque narrative carving, rare within Northamptonshire and invaluable for understanding 12th-century baptismal iconography in the region.