Wiston nr. Colchester / Wissington / Weston
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B01: angel - holding shield - coat of arms
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B02: angel - holding crown
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B03: angel - holding shield - coat of arms
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B04: angel - holding shield - coat of arms
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B05: angel - holding shield - coat of arms
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B06: angel - holding musical instrument - type of lute?
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B07: angel - holding shield - coat of arms
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B08: angel - holding musical instrument - zither?
Scene Description: Paley (1844) suggests a dulcimer
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BBU01: design element - patterns - crenellated
Scene Description: a crenellated pattern all around the upper rim.
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LB01: design element - architectural - arch - trefoiled - 2
Scene Description: Two trefoil arches at each of two levels (top and bottom) on each of the eight sides of the pedestal base.
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P01: animal - mammal - lion - couchant - 4
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view of font
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view of font
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Image Source: engraving in Paley (1844: unpaged]
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view of church exterior - south porch
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view of church exterior - southeast view
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view of church exterior - south portal - tympanum
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view of church interior - detail
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 01197WIS
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Date Visited: 2000-07-26
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century (early?), Perpendicular
Workshop/Group/Artisan: heraldic font
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Mary
Font Location in Church: West end, in front of the organ
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Church Notes: The church displays the coats of arms for England, and those of the Swynbornes [i.e., Swinbourne], owners of the manor house in the 15th century, and of the De Veres, relatives of the former. There are 13th-century mural paintings in this church [cf. Knott [http://www.suffolkchurches.co.uk/wissington.htm] for details and illustrations]
Church Address: Nayland, Colchester CO6 4LU , United Kingdom
Site Location: Suffolk, East Anglia, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Wissington, a.k.a. and pronounced "Wiston" is, with Stoke-by-Nayland, in the outer reaches of Suffolk, near Essex, closer to Colchester than to Ipswich. Access is from "a narrow by-road from the Bures-to-Nayland road, which peters out into a private lane across the Wissington Hall estate. You must leave your car before entering the estate." (S. Knott)
Font Notes:
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Described and illustrated in Paley (1844) [NB: Paley has caption: "Weston" under the illustration, but "Wiston" in the text]. Noted in Parker (1855) as an octagonal font of the Perpendicular period "with panelled bowl". Octagonal mounted font. The basin, which has a crenellated upper rim and the bust of an angel with open wings in each of the eight basin sides; each angel holds an object (1-8, L->R): shield, crown, shield, shield, shield, musical string instrument [lute?], another [different, a dulcimer?] musical instrument (Paley identified in 1844 the following shield emblems: a cross, an emblem of the Trinity, the royal arms, the arms of the Vere, and the arms of the Swinbourne [though he does mention some heraldic irregularities in the charges]. The pedestal base is also octagonal and has two levels, an arcade of double trefoil arches at each level. The octagonal plinth has couchant lions. Bond (1908) mentions that the font rests on animals. Listed in Cautley (1982) as a heraldic font of the 15th century. Knott (2008) writes: " the font [...] is unique in Suffolk. There is one detail in particular on it that I like very much. The lions at its base are not sitting up, alert, as is common in East Anglia. They are lying down, as though the rural idyll of this place, and its ageless peace, have at last overcome them, and they have surrendered themselves to sleep."
COORDINATES
UTM: 31U 351808 5759165
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 51.9634, 0.843
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 51° 57′ 48.24″ N, 0° 50′ 34.8″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, type unknown
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Drainage System: centre hole in basin
Drainage Notes: lead lining
Rim Thickness: 13-15 cm
Diameter (inside rim): 50 cm
Basin Depth: 27 cm
Height of Basin Side: 40 cm
Basin Total Height: 50 cm
Height of Base: 65 cm
Basin Upper Panel Dimensions: 30 x 30 cm (or 27-28 cm without border)
Font Height (less Plinth): 115 cm (Paley gives 127.5 cm)
Font Height (with Plinth): 136 cm
Trapezoidal Basin: 76 x 89 cm (min.&max. diagonal of the octagon)
Notes on Measurements: BSI
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern
Material: wood
Notes: Flat octagonal lid
REFERENCES
- Bond, Francis, Fonts and Font Covers, London: Waterstone, 1985 c1908, p. 185
- Cautley, Henry Munro, Suffolk Churches and their Treasures, London: Batsford, 1938, p. 75
- Cautley, Henry Munro, Suffolk churches and their treasures, Woodbridge: The Boydell Press, 1982, p. 67 and pl. 75
- Cox, John Charles, English Church Furniture, New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1907, p. 170
- Knott, Simon, The Suffolk Churches Site, Simon Knott, 1999-. [standing permission to reproduce images received from Simon [February 2005]. URL: www.suffolkchurches.co.uk.
- Paley, Frederick Apthorp, Illustrations of Baptismal Fonts, London, UK: John van Voorst, 1844, p. 14, 28 et al.
- Parker, John Henry, The Ecclesiastical and architectural topography of England [...] Suffolk, 1855, [unpaged]