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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B02: symbol - shield - hanging shield - blank - 4?

Scene Description: alternating with four Tudor roses

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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 church exterior - south portal

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view of church exterior - southeast view

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view of church interior - nave - looking east

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view of font

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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 font cover

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INFORMATION

FontID: 02492ELM
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Peter
Church Patron Saints: St. Peter
Church Location: Wash Lane, South Elmham St Peter, Suffolk, NR35 1NG
Country Name: England
Location: Suffolk, East Anglia
Directions to Site: Located 6 km SSW of Bungay
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of St Edmundsbury & Ipswich
Historical Region: Hundred of Wangford
Font Location in Church: inside the church, at the W end
Century and Period: 15th century, Perpendicular
Workshop/Group/Artisan: East Anglia font
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Simon Knott, of www.suffolkchurches.co.uk, for his photographs of church and font
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].

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 52.41129, 1.433301
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 52° 24′ 40.64″ N, 1° 25′ 59.89″ E
UTM: 31U 393437 5807939

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. Accessed: 2012-03-05 00:00:00. 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