Norwich No. 29 / Norwic

Results: 3 records

B01: angel - demi-figure - 4

Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]

B02: animal - mammal - lion - 4

Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]

LB01: animal - mammal - lion - 4

Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]

INFORMATION

FontID: 09425NOR
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Swithin [redundant since 1881]
Church Patron Saints: St. Swithun [aka Swithin]
Church Location: St Benedict’s Street, Norwich
Country Name: England
Location: Norfolk, East Anglia
Directions to Site: Located on St. Benedict's St.
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Norwich
Font Location in Church: Inside the church? [cf. FontNotes]
Century and Period: 15th century, Perpendicular
Church Notes: redundant since 1881; back in service 1883; redundant again; used as Evangelical hall; redundant in 1951; furniture warehouse; Ars Centre as of 1980
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. Noted in Pevsner & Wilson (1997): "Font. Octagonal. Against the stem four lions, against the bowl four lions and four demi-figures of angels."

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 52.6316, 1.2878
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 52° 37′ 53.76″ N, 1° 17′ 16.08″ E
UTM: 31U 384122 5832667

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

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

REFERENCES

Pevsner, Nikolaus, Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East [2nd ed.], Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1997