Liston

Results: 5 records

B01: design element - motifs - panel - cusped

Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]

B02: symbol - shield

Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]

B03: design element - patterns - tracery

Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]

LB01: design element - patterns - tracery

Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]

P01: design element - motifs - quatrefoil

Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]

INFORMATION

FontID: 11685LIS
Church/Chapel: Parish Church
Country Name: England
Location: Essex, East
Directions to Site: Located off the B1064, 8 km NW of Sudbury [Coordinates: 52° 4′ 12″ N, 0° 42′ 18″ E 52.07, 0.705] [Diocese of Chelmsford]
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 15th century (early?), Perpendicular
Workshop/Group/Artisan: heraldic font
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
Great Britain. Royal Commission on Historical Monuments, An Inventory of the historical monuments in Essex, London: H.M. Stationary Office, 1916-1923
Pevsner, Nikolaus, Essex, Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1976