Holton in Halesworth
Results: 2 records
B01: symbol - shield
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Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]
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B02: design element - motifs - floral - rosette
Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]
INFORMATION
FontID: 11681HOL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Peter
Church Patron Saints: St. Peter
Country Name: England
Location: Suffolk, East Anglia
Directions to Site: Holton is now an industrial suburb of Halesworth
Font Location in Church: Reported inside the church ca. 1824
Century and Period: 14th century, Decorated
Workshop/Group/Artisan: heraldic font
Font Notes:
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Reported in Suckling (1846-1848): "an excellent font of stone having the eight panels of its sides filled with shields and rosettes". Parker (1855) quotes Rickman in his description of this font: "a good font, of either D[ecorated] or early P[erpendicular] character", and then gives his own: "Font, very good D[ecorated]; an octagon, with clustered shafts around the pedestal, and panelling in the bowl." [NB: a Norman dragon carved on the inner doorway indicates this church goes back to that period, but we have no information on the earlier font(s) of this church]
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
REFERENCES
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