Benacre
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design element - architectural - arcade - blind - pointed arches - 16
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Helen Steed, 2018
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 3 December 2018 by Helen Steed [https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/6012250] [accessed 21 February 2023]
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view of church exterior - southwest view
Scene Description: Source caption: "St Michael's Church and churchyard, Benacre"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Helen Steed, 2017
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view of font and cover
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Helen Steed, 2018
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 3 December 2018 by Helen Steed [https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/6012250] [accessed 21 February 2023]
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view of font and cover in context
Scene Description: Source caption: "Church organ and heraldic plaques inside St Michael's Church, Benacre"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Helen Steed, 2018
Image Source: digital photograph 3 December 2018 by Helen Steed [https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/6012250] [accessed 21 February 2023]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 01857BEN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Michael
Church Patron Saints: St. Michael
Church Location: 5 The St, Benacre, Beccles NR34 7LL, United Kingdom
Country Name: England
Location: Suffolk, East Anglia
Directions to Site: Located E of the A12, 8 km SSW of Lowestoft
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 13th century, Early English
Font Notes:
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Suckling (1846-1848) writes: "a good octagonal font". Listed in Cox & Harvey (1907) as a baptismal font of the Early English period. The entry for this church in Historic England [Listing NGR: TM5116284460] notes: "Former parish church, now privately owned by Sir John Gooch. Medieval; severely damaged by fire in C18: much restoration and rebuilding work was carried out in 1769 by Sir Thomas Gooch; also restored 1888-90 [...] C13 octagonal font bowl, of Purbeck marble, with 2 shallow-recessed arches to each face." Noted in Leach (1975) as a font made of Purbeck marble, Polygonal I Type (Octagonal): no details [source given: Pevsner].
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 52.400549, 1.690978
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 52° 24′ 1.97″ N, 1° 41′ 27.52″ E
UTM: 31U 410941 5806396
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, type unknown
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
LID INFORMATION
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: octagonal with splaying sides; ball finial; painted
REFERENCES
Cox, John Charles, English Church Furniture, New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1907
Leach, Rosemary, A Investigation into the use of Purbeck Marble in Medieval England, Hartlepool: E.W. Harrisons & Sons, 1975
Suckling, Alfred, The History and Antiquities of the County of Suffolk, with genealogical and architectural notices of its several towns and villages, London: John Weale [...], 1846-1848