Norwich No. 17 / Norwic
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Results: 6 records
view of font and cover
Scene Description: Source caption: "The baptismal font dates from the 14th century and came from All Saints' church. It has unusual carvings depicting the 12 apostles around the bowl and saints around the stem."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Evelyn Simak, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph taken 10 July 2010 by Evelyn Simak [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1958149] [accessed 7 September 2015]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-2.0
view of font and cover
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)
angel - holding shield - 8
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)
view of church exterior - southwest view
Scene Description: Source caption: "The round tower - it is one of four found at Norwich churches - collapsed due to the bombing and was only partially rebuilt."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Evelyn Simak, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph taken 10 July 2010 by Evelyn Simak [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1958123] [accessed 7 September 2015]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-2.0
view of church exterior - north view
Scene Description: Source caption: "St Julian's church has an international reputation because of Dame Julian of Norwich, who chose to live here in the later 14th century. But despite common belief, the church is not dedicated to her but to St Julian, Bishop of Le Mans."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Evelyn Simak, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph taken 10 July 2010 by Evelyn Simak [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1958118] [accessed 7 September 2015]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-2.0
design element - architectural - window - cinquefoiled - 8
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)
INFORMATION
Font ID: 09436NOR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century, Perpendicular
Workshop/Group/Artisan: heraldic font
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Julian
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Julian, Bishop of Le Mans [not Dame Julian of Norwich, as it is sometimes claimed]
Church Notes: church originally 11th and 12thC; much damaged in WWII; re-built 20thC
Church Address: St Julians Alley, Norwich, Norfolk NR1 1QY
Site Location: Norfolk, East Anglia, England, United Kingdom
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Norwich
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one from the 11thC church here)
Font Notes:
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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. Moved from All Saints in 1977. Especially good. Octagonal. Against the stem eight standing figurines (Apostles and four others), against the bowl sixteen (cf. that removed from St. James), including St Michael and St George. A bequest for its 'emendation' was made in 1448." Baptismal font of the 15th century, Perpendicular style. The octagonal basin has vertical sides, each panel decorated with an angel holding a shield [blank now]; graded underbowl chamfer; the stem of the base has a cinquefoil arch/window on each panel of the upper half, the lower half being plain; splayed lower base and octagonal plinth, both plain. Flat and plain wooden cover, probably modern.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Jonathan Plunkett for the photograph of this font, taken by his father, George Plunkett, in 1937-1938.
COORDINATES
UTM: 31U 384902 5832084
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 52.626528, 1.299508
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 52° 37′ 35.5″ N, 1° 17′ 58.23″ 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
Apparatus: no
Notes: plain and flat
REFERENCES
- Pevsner, Nikolaus, Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East [2nd ed.], Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1997, p. 241