South Elmham St. Peter
Image copyright © Simon Knott, 2008
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Results: 13 records
B01: design element - motifs - floral - Tudor rose - 4?
Scene Description: alternating with blank hanging shields
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Image Source: detail of a digital photograph taken 10 July 2008 by Simon Knott [www.suffolkchurches.co.uk/selstpeter.html] [accessed 10 March 2012]
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B02: symbol - shield - hanging shield - blank - 4?
Scene Description: alternating with four Tudor roses
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Image Source: detail of a digital photograph taken 10 July 2008 by Simon Knott [www.suffolkchurches.co.uk/selstpeter.html] [accessed 10 March 2012]
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B03: design element - motifs - floral - rosette
Scene Description: tiny ones on the frames of the panels of the basin
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BU01: angel - cherub - 8
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BU02: design element - motifs - moulding - graded
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UB01: animal - mammal - lion - sejant - 4
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UB02: design element - architectural - buttress - 4
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view of font
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view of church exterior - south portal
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view of church exterior - southeast view
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view of font and cover in context
Scene Description: at the west end of the nave
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view of church interior - nave - looking east
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view of font cover
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Image Source: detail of a digital photograph taken 10 July 2008 by Simon Knott [www.suffolkchurches.co.uk/selstpeter.html] [accessed 10 March 2012]
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 02492ELM
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century, Perpendicular
Workshop/Group/Artisan: East Anglia font
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Peter
Font Location in Church: inside the church, at the W end
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Peter
Church Address: Wash Lane, South Elmham St Peter, Suffolk, NR35 1NG
Site Location: Suffolk, East Anglia, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located 6 km SSW of Bungay
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of St Edmundsbury & Ipswich
Historical Region: Hundred of Wangford
Additional Comments: painted font: the present one is totally covered in whitewash -- disappeared font? (the Norman one?)
Font Notes:
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Suckling (1846-1848) writes: "The Church [...] is of Norman constuction". The CRSBI (2008) dates the south doorway stylistically to the early-12th century. The present font appears Perpendicular, an octagonal basin with deeply-carved panels in which Tudor roses alternate with blank hanging shields, the frames of the panels decorated with tiny rosettes; cherub heads adorn the upper level of the underbowl chamfer, the lower being carved into a graded moulding; the pedestal base is octagonal-to-square, with seated lions at the angles alternating with slender buttrsses on the sides; square lower base with chamfered angles; on a plain octagonal plinth with kneeling stone. The wooden cover, said to be of the 17th century, has a plain octagonal platform base that fits over the rim, with the usual arrangement of four scroll ribs set at 90-degree angles of a turned pivot with a ball finial. [NB: we have no information on the font of the original Norman church].
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Simon Knott, of www.suffolkchurches.co.uk, for his photographs of church and font
COORDINATES
UTM: 31U 393437 5807939
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 52.41129, 1.433301
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 52° 24′ 40.64″ N, 1° 25′ 59.89″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
LID INFORMATION
Date: 17th-century?
Material: wood, oak?
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
REFERENCES
- Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture in Britain and Ireland, The Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture in Britain and Ireland, The Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture in Britain and Ireland. URL: http://www.crsbi.ac.uk.
- 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, [www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=116016] [accessed 5 March 2012]