Frostenden No. 1

INFORMATION

FontID: 05281FRO
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of All Saints
Church Patron Saints: All Saints
Country Name: England
Location: Suffolk, East Anglia
Directions to Site: Located on the A12, about 15 km SSW of Lowestoft
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the W emnd of the nave
Century and Period: 15th century, Perpendicular
Font Notes:
Noted in Suckling (1846-1848): "A good octangular font stands at the west end of the nave". Noted in Parker (1855) as a good Perpendicular font. Bond (1908) writes of the cover as one of a group of "fine examples of Gothic font covers", but without a mention of the font itself. The font cover is dated in Cautley (1982) to the early 15th century. The font-cover is noted in Howard & Crossley (1919).

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

LID INFORMATION

Date: 14th - 15th century?
Material: wood
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]

REFERENCES

Bond, Francis, Fonts and Font Covers, London: Waterstone, 1985 c1908
Cautley, Henry Munro, Suffolk churches and their treasures, Woodbridge: The Boydell Press, 1982
Howard, F.E., English Church Woodwork: a Study in Craftmanship during the Mediaeval period A.D. 1250-1550, London: B.T. Batsford, 1919
Parker, John Henry, The Ecclesiastical and architectural topography of England [...] Suffolk, 1855
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