Rendlesham
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 02747REN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century, Perpendicular
Workshop/Group/Artisan: East Anglia font / heraldic font
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Gregory the Great, Rendlesham
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the W end of the nave, under the gallery
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Gregory the Great
Church Notes: St. Gregory, Rendlesham. Keyholder not listed; church is some times open (S. Knott).
Church Address: St Gregorys Cl., Rendlesham, Woodbridge, UK
Site Location: Suffolk, East Anglia, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: "St Gregory, Rendlesham, sits a quarter of a mile to the west of the A1152 Woodbridge to Snape road, just before the village." (S. Knott)
Font Notes:
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A description of this font is included in a letter to the editor of The Gentleman's Magazine (issue of January 1821: 9): "Within the gallery stands an octagonal font of stone, adorned with four lions sedant, and as many blank escocheons, with a modern top or cover of wood". Parker (1855) mentions the emblems of the Evangelists on the basin of this font. Described in Knott (1999): "a fine one; typically East Anglian [therefore octagonal and well ornamented], with cheerful lions and angels supporting the bowl, and on its panels."
COORDINATES
UTM: 31U 390158 5776133
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 52.1248, 1.39547
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 52° 7′ 29.28″ N, 1° 23′ 43.69″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, type unknown
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
REFERENCES
- Knott, Simon, The Suffolk Churches Site, Simon Knott, 1999-. [standing permission to reproduce images received from Simon [February 2005]. URL: www.suffolkchurches.co.uk.
- Parker, John Henry, The Ecclesiastical and architectural topography of England [...] Suffolk, 1855, [unpaged]