Norwich No. 28 / Norwic

Main image for Norwich No. 28 / Norwic

Image copyright © Janice Tostevin, 2010

Standing permission

Results: 13 records

B01: human figure - head - in a foliated panel

this one has scraggy hair and wears a bonnet or hat made of flowers
Scene Description: this one has scraggy hair and wears a bonnet or hat made of flowers
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Janice Tostevin, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 June 2010 by Janice Tostevin for BSI
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission

B02: human figure - male - head - bearded - in a foliated panel

curly hear on the head and beard
Scene Description: curly hear on the head and beard
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Janice Tostevin, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 June 2010 by Janice Tostevin for BSI
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission

B03: human figure - female - head - wearing headdress - in a foliated panel

Font image
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Janice Tostevin, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 June 2010 by Janice Tostevin for BSI
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission

B04: human figure - child? - head - in a foliated panel

wearing a page hair-cut
Scene Description: wearing a page hair-cut
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Janice Tostevin, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 June 2010 by Janice Tostevin for BSI
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission

view of font and cover

Font image
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Janice Tostevin, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 June 2010 by Janice Tostevin for BSI
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission

view of font and cover in context

the font from Norwich St. Simon and St. Jude's church photographed inside the church at Tasburgh
Scene Description: the font from Norwich St. Simon and St. Jude's church photographed inside the church at Tasburgh
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Simon Knott, 2008
Image Source: digital photograph taken 3 March 2008 by Simon Knott [http://www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/tasburgh/tasburgh.htm] [accessed 30 July 2009]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission

view of font

The font as it was in Norwich St. Simon & St. Jude's, before 1938
Scene Description: The font as it was in Norwich St. Simon & St. Jude's, before 1938
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © George Plunkett, 2004
Image Source: Jonathan Plunkett (from George Plunkett's collection)
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 1/4/2004)

design element - motifs - foliage

Font image
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Janice Tostevin, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 June 2010 by Janice Tostevin for BSI
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission

design element - architectural - arch-head - trefoiled - intersecting - 8

intersecting at the bottom of the arches
Scene Description: intersecting at the bottom of the arches
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Janice Tostevin, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 June 2010 by Janice Tostevin for BSI
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission

design element - motifs - floral and foliage - 4

alternating with four other sides in which the leafy background inscribes a human head
Scene Description: alternating with four other sides in which the leafy background inscribes a human head
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Janice Tostevin, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 June 2010 by Janice Tostevin for BSI
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission

view of church exterior - south view

the church at Tasburgh, where the font is now [March 2008+]
Scene Description: the church at Tasburgh, where the font is now [March 2008+]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Simon Knott, 2008
Image Source: digital photograph taken 3 March 2008 by Simon Knott [http://www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/tasburgh/tasburgh.htm] [accessed 30 July 2009]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission

view of church exterior - southeast view

the church of St. Simon and St. Jude, Norwich, in 1938
Scene Description: the church of St. Simon and St. Jude, Norwich, in 1938
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © George Plunkett, 2004
Image Source: Jonathan Plunkett (from George Plunkett's collection)
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 1/4/2004)

design element - motifs - floral - 16

in pairs, on the panels of the stem
Scene Description: in pairs, on the panels of the stem
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Janice Tostevin, 2010
Image Source: detail of a digital photograph taken 21 June 2010 by Janice Tostevin for BSI
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission

INFORMATION

Font ID: 09424NOR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century, Perpendicular
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Simon and St. Jude [redundant]
Font Location in Church: Inside the church [in Tasburgh parish church since 1938]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Simon & St. Jude
Church Notes: 14thC church redundant since 1952; used as a Scouts' Hall
Site Location: Norfolk, East Anglia, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located on Wensum St. [Tasburgh is located 13 km S of Norwich]
Additional Comments: moved font
Font Notes:
There are ten entries for Norwich [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [https://opendomesday.org/place/TG2308/norwich/] [accessed 13 October 2020], one of which records "22.7 churches. 2.57 church lands" in it; a separate entry records a priest and a church in it. Octagonal mounted baptismal font of the 15th century. The basin is octagonal with vertical sides, the panels framed and decorated with floral and foliage combinations; the chamfer of the underbowl is slightly curved, and decorated with floral and foliage patterns as well; the stem of the base is octagonal, each panel decorated with a rosette with square outer shape [but not a 'square flower']; the lower base splays out; the plinth is octagonal, both plain. The Tasburgh community web site [www.tasburgh.com] informs: "in 1938 a beautiful font dating from the 14th century was brought from the disused Norwich church of St Simon and St Jude." [cf. Index entry for Tasburgh]
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Jonathan Plunkett for the photograph of this font, taken by his father, George Plunkett, in 1937-1938, just before the move of the font to Tasburgh, Norfolk. We are also grateful to Simon Knott, www.norfolkchurches.co.uk, and to Janice Tostevin for their photographs of this font when already in Tasburgh {2008 and 2010]

COORDINATES

UTM: 31U 384790 5832701
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 52.632047, 1.297642
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 52° 37′ 55.37″ N, 1° 17′ 51.51″ E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Number of Pieces: three?
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

LID INFORMATION

Date: modern
Material: wood, oak?
Apparatus: no
Notes: the font cover now [March 2008+] on the font is octagonal and flat, with moulded sides

REFERENCES

  • Knott, Simon, The Norfolk Churches Site, Simon Knott, 2004. [standing permission to reproduce images received from Simon (February 2005]. URL: www.norfolkchurches.co.uk.