Blythburgh No. 2 / Bladebure / Blythborough / Bliburgh

Image copyright © Simon Knott, 2005
Standing permission
Results: 5 records
B01: angel
LB01: design element - architectural - arcade - blind - trefoiled arches
view of stoup
view of stoup
INFORMATION
FontID: 04790BLY
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of the Holy Trinity
Church Patron Saints: The Holy Trinity
Church Location: Church Ln, Blythburgh, Halesworth IP19 9LP, United Kingdom -- Tel.: +44 1502 725424
Country Name: England
Location: Suffolk, East Anglia
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 Location in Church: On the east side of the south porch, outside it
Century and Period: 16th century, Tudor
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Simon Knott, of Suffolk Churches, for the photographs of font and church.
Church Notes: [cf. Index entry for Blythburgh No. 1 for more info on this church and its Seven-sacrament font]
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
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].
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal:
52.321169,
1.594761
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS:
52° 19′ 16.21″ N,
1° 35′ 41.14″ E
UTM: 31U 404224 5797690
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone
Font Shape: polygonal (mounted)
Basin Exterior Shape: polygonal
REFERENCES
Hutton, Graham, English Parish Churches, London: Thames & Hudson, 1976
James, M. R., Suffolk and Norfolk, London, Toronto: Dent & Sons, 1930
Knott, Simon, The Suffolk Churches Site, Simon Knott, 1999-. [standing permission to reproduce images received from Simon [February 2005]. Accessed: 2006-01-29 00:00:00. URL: www.suffolkchurches.co.uk.