Gunton in Lowestoft

Suckling (1846-1848) writes: "There is a modern font in the interior, which is neatly fitted up; and a holy-water stoup may be discerned at the entrance by the south door [...] and a broken font [...] on the south side of the church-yard". The original medieval church had been re-built ca. 1700, the possible date of the modern font inside, and has been renovated since; the new font, an octagonal one, is located at the west end of the nave, behind the bank of benches on the north side; we have no information on the whereabouts of the font and stoup noted in Suckling [cf. supra]. [NB: the fabric of the church goes back to the late Norman period, so the broken font may belong to that period -- we have no information on the date of the stoup, and therefore is not listed separately in the Index].