Honington nr. Bury St. Edmunds / Honnington
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design element - motifs - moulding - graded
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design element - architectural - window - Gothic
Scene Description: Rose window
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design element - architectural - window - Gothic
Scene Description: on some of the sides of the basin
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New Testament - Passion of Christ - Crucifixion - Mary - John the Evangelist - Sun - Moon
Scene Description: on one of the panels of the basin
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view of church exterior - south portal
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view of church exterior - south portal - detail
Scene Description: finial head atop the portal arch
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view of church exterior - south view
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view of church exterior - west tower
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design element - patterns - tracery - window tracery
Scene Description: varied tracery patterns the sides of the octagonal stem
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design element - motifs - moulding
Scene Description: the upper surface of the octagonal lower base has two broad mouldings separated by a deep groove
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view of church exterior - south portal - detail
Scene Description: left side detail of the Norman portal with a dragon head
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view of church exterior - south portal - detail
Scene Description: coat of arms in left spandrel: two arrows pointing down inside a royal crown; according to James (1930: 114), "Arms, attributed to St. Edmund, King and Martyr"
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view of basin - detail
Scene Description: Crucifixion scene
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Image Source: digital image of an engraving in James (1930)
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 00341HON
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Date Visited: 2000-07-26
Font Century and Period/Style: 14th century, Decorated
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of All Saints
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the W end, to the left of the entrance
Church Patron Saint(s): All Saints
Church Notes: The church has a fine Norman portal.
Church Address: Malting Row, Honington, Bury Saint Edmunds IP31 1RE, United Kingdom
Site Location: Suffolk, East Anglia, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located about 14 kms NNE of Bury St. Edmunds
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of St Edmundsbury & Ipswich
Historical Region: Hundred of Blackburn [in Domesday]
Additional Comments: altered font (altered base?) -- disappeared font? (the one from the Domesday-time church here)
Font Notes:
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There is an entry for this Honington in the Domesday survey [http://domesdaymap.co.uk/place/TL9174/honington/] [accessed 7 January 2015]; it reports a church and church lands in it. A font here is described in Parker (1855) as a panelled font of the Decorated period, "on the eastern panel is a representation of the Crucifixion". Noted with an illustration in James (1930) as a baptismal font with a Crucifixion scene on one of the basin sides. Noted and illustrated in Cautley (1982) as perhaps the best traceried font of the 14th century in the county. The entry for this church in Historic England [Listing NGR: TL9134374570] notes: "Parish church […] Plain narrow Norman chancel arch: imposts on nook shafts […] A very fine octagonal C14 font has delicate traceried panels around shaft and bowl, and a Crucifixion on the 8th side. Low, renewed base." On-site notes: octagonal mounted font; the octagonal basin has one side, the east, ornamented with a Crucifixion scene, while the other seven are decorated with traceried windows; the lower base is also octagonal and has two broad mouldings with a deep groove between them; the basin well is lead-lined; The font is in well preserved. Noted and illustrated in Knott (2008): "a heartachingly beautiful crucifixion scene. Above the cross are the sun and moon in the sky, and Mary lifts her hands imploringly, while John holds his head in despair. If this was in the V&A, people would travel from all over the world to see it. Mortlock thought that, for it to have survived, it must have been plastered over; either at the Reformation, or when the Puritans started flexing their muscles." [NB: we have no information on the original font of the Domesday-time church here].
COORDINATES
UTM: 31U 350579 5800676
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 52.336017, 0.806865
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 52° 20′ 9.66″ N, 0° 48′ 24.71″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, limestone?
Number of Pieces: three
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Drainage System: centre hole in basin
Drainage Notes: lead lining
Rim Thickness: 9-10 cm*
Diameter (inside rim): 56 cm*
Basin Depth: 33 cm*
Height of Basin Side: 32 cm*
Basin Total Height: 41 cm*
Height of Base: 60 cm*
Basin Upper Panel Dimensions: 30-32 x 35 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 101 cm*
Trapezoidal Basin: 76 x 82 cm* (min.&max.) diagonals of octagon)
Notes on Measurements: * BSI on-site
LID INFORMATION
Notes: Old metal hinge(s) left at the rim
REFERENCES
- Cautley, Henry Munro, Suffolk churches and their treasures, Woodbridge: The Boydell Press, 1982, p. 66 and pl. 50
- James, M. R., Suffolk and Norfolk, London, Toronto: Dent & Sons, 1930, p. 71
- Knott, Simon, The Suffolk Churches Site, Simon Knott, 1999-. [standing permission to reproduce images received from Simon [February 2005]. URL: www.suffolkchurches.co.uk.
- Parker, John Henry, The Ecclesiastical and architectural topography of England [...] Suffolk, 1855, [unpaged]