Liston

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 11685LIS
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century (early?), Perpendicular
Workshop/Group/Artisan: heraldic font
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church, Liston
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17535766
Church Patron Saint(s): [unknown]
Church Notes: 12thC with later modifications
Church Address: Sudbury CO10 7HS, United Kingdom -- Tel.: +44 1787 584993
Site Location: Essex, East, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off the B1064, 8 km NW of Sudbury
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Chelmsford
Additional Comments: damaged font: "much defaced" [cf. FontNotes] -- disappeared font? (the one from the 12thC church here)
Font Notes:
Noted in the Royal Commission of Historical Monuments (Essex, 1916-1923): "Font: octagonal, bowl with richly traceried panel on each side, lower part moulded with carved square bosses, stem with traceried sides; moulded base and projecting W. step enriched with a band of quatrefoils, first half of 15th century, much defaced." Noted in Pevsner (1976) and in Bettley & Pevsner (2007): "Font. Octagonal, Per[endicular], traceried stem, and bowl with cusped panels and shields."

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

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

REFERENCES

  • Bettley, James, Essex, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2007, p. 536
  • Great Britain. Royal Commission on Historical Monuments, An Inventory of the historical monuments in Essex, London: H.M. Stationary Office, 1916-1923, vol. 1: 170
  • Pevsner, Nikolaus, Essex, Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1976, p. 270