Blythburgh No. 2 / Bladebure / Blythborough / Bliburgh
Image copyright © Simon Knott, 2005
Standing permission
Results: 5 records
B01: angel
Scene Description: several large ones
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Simon Knott, 2005
Image Source: digital photograph in Simon Knott [www.sufflokchurches.co.uk/Blythburgh.htm]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
LB01: design element - architectural - arcade - blind - trefoiled arches
Scene Description: tall thin arches
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Simon Knott, 2005
Image Source: digital photograph in Simon Knott [www.sufflokchurches.co.uk/Blythburgh.htm]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
view of stoup
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Simon Knott, 2005
Image Source: digital photograph in Simon Knott [www.sufflokchurches.co.uk/Blythburgh.htm]
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view of stoup in context
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Simon Knott, 2005
Image Source: digital photograph in Simon Knott [www.sufflokchurches.co.uk/Blythburgh.htm]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
view of stoup
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: James (1930: 106)
Copyright Instructions: PD
INFORMATION
Font ID: 04790BLY
Object Type: Stoup
Font Century and Period/Style: 16th century, Tudor
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of the Holy Trinity
Font Location in Church: On the east side of the south porch, outside it
Church Patron Saint(s): The Holy Trinity
Church Notes: [cf. Index entry for Blythburgh No. 1 for more info on this church and its Seven-sacrament font]
Church Address: Church Ln, Blythburgh, Halesworth IP19 9LP, United Kingdom -- Tel.: +44 1502 725424
Site Location: Suffolk, East Anglia, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off (N) the A12 [aka London Rd.), on the S bank of the Nlyth river, 5 km W of Southwold and the coast
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich
Historical Region: Hundred of Blything [in Domesday]
Font Notes:
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Described and illustrated in Hutton (1957) as a "Tudor stoup with pedestal beside S door." The holy-water stoup stands indeed outside the porch, on the right side, and appears polygonal both of basin and base, and covered with ornamentation. The stoup is illustrated in James (1930), built partly into the wall; the basin is ornamented with several large angels; the upper pedestal of the base has small square compartments with motifs inside, while the rest of the pedestal is covered in a blind arcade of trefoil arches [NB: it is difficult to tell the true shape of the object, but it appears polygonal]. Noted and illustrated in Knott's page [www.suffolkchurches.co.uk/Blythburgh.htm].
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Simon Knott, of Suffolk Churches, for the photographs of font and church.
COORDINATES
UTM: 31U 404224 5797690
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 52.321169, 1.594761
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 52° 19′ 16.21″ N, 1° 35′ 41.14″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: polygonal, mounted
Basin Exterior Shape: polygonal
REFERENCES
- Hutton, Graham, English Parish Churches, London: Thames & Hudson, 1976, p. 58 and pl. 155
- James, M. R., Suffolk and Norfolk, London, Toronto: Dent & Sons, 1930, p. 106
- Knott, Simon, The Suffolk Churches Site, Simon Knott, 1999-. [standing permission to reproduce images received from Simon [February 2005]. URL: www.suffolkchurches.co.uk.