Lavenham / Lauen / Laven

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view of font

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human figure - unidentified - 12

two on each of six sides of the basin; very eroded -- the extreme right side is not divided and has an unidentified motif that occupies the whole side
Scene Description: two on each of six sides of the basin; very eroded -- the extreme right side is not divided and has an unidentified motif that occupies the whole side
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design element - motifs - floral or foliage?

very eroded
Scene Description: very eroded
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © David Ross & Britain Express Ltd, 2016
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design element - motifs - panel - 8

with unidentified motifs inside the panels
Scene Description: with unidentified motifs inside the panels
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design element - motifs - floral

a large floral (?) motif takes up the whole side on the extreme right here; it is one of two basin sides that is not divided into two rectangular frames with human figures in them -- notice also the hole bored into the side of the upper rim, and the pattern decorating the upper rim, of which little remains
Scene Description: a large floral (?) motif takes up the whole side on the extreme right here; it is one of two basin sides that is not divided into two rectangular frames with human figures in them -- notice also the hole bored into the side of the upper rim, and the pattern decorating the upper rim, of which little remains
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design element - patterns - unidentified

much damaged now
Scene Description: much damaged now
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view of church exterior - southeast view

Source caption: "St. Peter and St. Paul, Lavenham. A truly magnificent parish church built on the proceeds of the medieval wool trade by the pious burghers of this East Anglian village."
Scene Description: Source caption: "St. Peter and St. Paul, Lavenham. A truly magnificent parish church built on the proceeds of the medieval wool trade by the pious burghers of this East Anglian village."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © John Myers, 2012
Image Source: digital photograph taken 1 April 2007 by John Myers [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/513638] [accessed 15 December 2016]
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view of church exterior - northeast view

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view of church interior - north chantry

beatiful Flamboyant Gothic screens forming the 1523 chantry of the younger Thomas Spryng, now dedicated to St. Blaise and St. Catherine, in the north aisle, towards the east end
Scene Description: beatiful Flamboyant Gothic screens forming the 1523 chantry of the younger Thomas Spryng, now dedicated to St. Blaise and St. Catherine, in the north aisle, towards the east end
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view of font in context

the font by the War Memorial, at the west end of the south aisle
Scene Description: the font by the War Memorial, at the west end of the south aisle
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © David Dixon, 2013
Image Source: digital photograph taken 3 August 2013 by David Dixon [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3592080] [accessed 15 December 2016]
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view of church interior - nave - looking east

Font image
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view of base

the figures and -probably- lions are all gone; only the shelf-like stands can be discerned now; very eroded and damaged
Scene Description: the figures and -probably- lions are all gone; only the shelf-like stands can be discerned now; very eroded and damaged
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INFORMATION

Font ID: 01888LAV
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Date Visited: 2000-07-07
Font Century and Period/Style: 14th - 15th century, Early Perpendicular
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Peter and St. Paul
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end of the S aisle [formerly in a N chapel]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Peter & St. Paul
Church Notes: "Wool" / "Cloth" church with some of the best parclose screens in the country [in Simon Jenkins' opinion]
Church Address: Potland Lane, Lavenham, Suffolk CO10 9QT
Site Location: Suffolk, East Anglia, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located on the B1071, off (W) the A1141, WNW of Ipswich
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich
Historical Region: Hundred of Babergh [in Domesday]
Additional Comments: [NB: this was the trip with Paddie driving like a maniac in the narrow twisting country lanes while Ann, told us wartime stories [unclassified only] of her work as a code-breaker at Bletchley House]
Font Notes:
There are three entries for Lavenham in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/TL9149/lavenham/] [accessed 15 December 2016], none of which mentions cleric or church in it. Neale (1825) writes: "The font, placed against the first pillar, on the north side of the nave, is of an octagonal form, the cover is apparently of the age of Henry VII. [reg. 1491-1547] opening with doors in from like a closet." Listed in Paley (1844) as a hexagonal font. Parker (1855) writes: "The font stands in the north chapel; it has sustained considerable damage, but enough remains to shew that it must have been a work of great merit; it is a panelled octagon, with statues around both bowl and pedestal; the base has been destroyed, and the cover is modern." Listed in Cox & Harvey (1907) as a baptismal font of the Perpendicular period. On-site notes: octagonal basin with double chamfer underbowl; six sides of the basin are divided into two rectangular frames, each containing a figure [no identification available]; the other two sides, at opposite sides of the basin, are not divided; one has a large floral motif, another an unidentified subject; the two chamfered areas of the underbowl are ornamented and there were probably lions at the corners of the stem of the base sides and figures on the sides themselves, all of them on moulded stands, though the whole is badly damaged. The plinth appears modern. The font may predate the present building, which was started in the late-15th century.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to David Ross [www.britainexpress.com] for his photograph of this font

COORDINATES

UTM: 31U 348768 5775196
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 52.106605, 0.791698
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 52° 6′ 23.78″ N, 0° 47′ 30.11″ E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, type unknown
Number of Pieces: two?
Font Shape: chalice-shaped, octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Drainage Notes: lead-lined
Notes on Measurements: [No measurements taken]

LID INFORMATION

Date: 16th-century?
Material: wood
Notes: rim-buffet type [cf. FontNotes]

REFERENCES

  • Cox, John Charles, English Church Furniture, New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1907, p. 220
  • Neale, John Preston, Views of the most interesting collegiate and parochial churches in Great Briatin; including screens, fonts, monuments, &c. […] with historical and architectural descriptions [vol. II], London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green, and Sherwood, Jones, and Co., 1825, vol. 2 [unpaged]
  • Paley, Frederick Apthorp, Illustrations of Baptismal Fonts, London, UK: John van Voorst, 1844, p. 22
  • Parker, John Henry, The Ecclesiastical and architectural topography of England [...] Suffolk, 1855, [unpaged / entry no. 468]