Barking nr. Combs

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Results: 8 records

B01: Apostle or saint - Evangelists - symbol - 4

alternating with angels holding shields
Scene Description: alternating with angels holding shields
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B02: angel - holding shield - 4

alternating with the symbols of the four Evangelists
Scene Description: alternating with the symbols of the four Evangelists
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BU01: angel - cherub - 8

at the angles of the upper level of the underbowl chamfer
Scene Description: at the angles of the upper level of the underbowl chamfer
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BU02: design element - motifs - floral - rose - 8

at the sides of the lower level of the underbowl chamfer
Scene Description: at the sides of the lower level of the underbowl chamfer
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LB01: animal - mammal - lion - sejant - 4

alternating with woodwoses on the sides of the stem
Scene Description: alternating with woodwoses on the sides of the stem
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LB02: human figure - male - grotesque or fantastic - Green Man or woodwoose - with club - 4

alternating with sedente lions on the sides of the stem
Scene Description: alternating with sedente lions on the sides of the stem
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view of font and cover in context

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view of font cover

[cf. Font notes]
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INFORMATION

Font ID: 11622BAR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century, Perpendicular
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Mary, Barking [aka St. Mary & St. Ethelburga]
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the SW end of the nave
Church Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17526289
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Church Address: 41 Linton Rd., Barking IG11 8HG, United Kingdom -- Tel.: +44 20 8594 2849
Site Location: Suffolk, East Anglia, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off the B1078, near Combs
Font Notes:
Noted in Parker (1855): "Font, an octagon, wit slightly sunk panels in the bowl." Baptismal font probably of the 15th century in the Perpendicular style and of a type common in in the area: the basin is octagonal with vertical sides decorated with the symbols of the Evangelists and angles holding shields alternately, all deeply carved; the upper underbowl chamfer has cherubs at the angles, the wings spreading and decorating the sides; the lower underbowl chamfer has eight rosettes; the stem of the base has four protruding sedente lions at 90-degree angles, while the sides themselves have four standing woodwooses or wildmen armed with clubs, all of it in keeping with this common design. Ornate wooden cover, about 5-6 feet tall, in the shape of a traceried carved-through pyramid, all the arches ending in cusped pinnacles; dated in Betjeman (1958) to the 15th century, the same period as the font. The font-cover is noted in Howard & Crossley (1919).
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Simon Knott, of www.suffolkchurches.co.uk, for the information on and photograph of this font and church.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

LID INFORMATION

Date: 15th century
Material: wood, oak
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]

REFERENCES

  • Betjeman, John, An American's Guide to English Parish Churches (including the Isle of Man), New York: McDowell, Obolensky, 1958, p. 343
  • Cautley, Henry Munro, Suffolk churches and their treasures, Woodbridge: The Boydell Press, 1982, p. 87 and pl. 78
  • Howard, F.E., English Church Woodwork: a Study in Craftmanship during the Mediaeval period A.D. 1250-1550, London: B.T. Batsford, 1919, p. 323
  • Knott, Simon, The Suffolk Churches Site, Simon Knott, 1999-. [standing permission to reproduce images received from Simon [February 2005]. URL: www.suffolkchurches.co.uk.
  • Parker, John Henry, The Ecclesiastical and architectural topography of England [...] Suffolk, 1855, [entry no. 3] / [http://books.google.ca/books?id=Gw8HAAAAQAAJ&pg=PT43&lpg=PT43&dq=martlesham+church+font&source=bl&ots=nM4adbDOF9&sig=XL83jdC0lyWLkR-6yy9MAC6BExo&hl=en&ei=uxPdSZ_wGoaaMuiAhdQN&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=6#PPT8,M1] [accessed 8 April 2009]