Bradwell / Broadwell / Bradwell nr. Gt. Yarmouth
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B01: Apostle or saint - Evangelists - St. Matthew - symbol - angel - with scroll
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Image Source: detail of a digital photograph taken 20 October 2010 by Evelyn Simak [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2120891] [accessed 19 March 2012]
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B02: angel - demi-figure - holding shield - emblem - Trinity
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B03: Apostle or saint - Evangelists - St. Luke - symbol - winged bull - with scroll
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B04: angel - demi-figure - holding shield
Scene Description: [cf. FontNotes]
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B05: Apostle or saint - Evangelists - St. John - symbol - eagle - with scroll
B06: angel - demi-figure - holding shield - blank
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Simon Knott, 2008
Image Source: digital photograph taken 13 June 2008 by Simon Knott [www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/bradwell/bradwell.htm] [accessed 6 March 2012]
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B07: Apostle or saint - Evangelists - St. Mark - symbol - winged lion - with scroll
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 13 June 2008 by Simon Knott [www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/bradwell/bradwell.htm] [accessed 6 March 2012]
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B08: angel - demi-figure - holding shield - emblem - the instruments of the Passion - cross, lance and sponge
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 13 June 2008 by Simon Knott [www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/bradwell/bradwell.htm] [accessed 6 March 2012]
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BU01: angel - cherub - 8
Scene Description: at the angles of the upper level of the underbowl chamfer
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 13 June 2008 by Simon Knott [www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/bradwell/bradwell.htm] [accessed 6 March 2012]
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BU02: design element - motifs - floral - 8
Scene Description: on the panels of the lower level of the underbowl chamfer
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 13 June 2008 by Simon Knott [www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/bradwell/bradwell.htm] [accessed 6 March 2012]
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UB01: animal - mammal - lion - sejant - 4
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UB02: design element - architectural - buttress - 4
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 13 June 2008 by Simon Knott [www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/bradwell/bradwell.htm] [accessed 6 March 2012]
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view of base - detail
Scene Description: one of the four lions at the angles of the pedestal base
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view of basin - detail
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view of basin - underbowl
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view of church exterior - south view
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view of church interior - nave - looking east
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view of church interior - nave - looking west
Scene Description: the font is visible at the far (west) end, just east of the tower entrance
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view of font - east side
Scene Description: from left to right: St.Mattew's angel - angel holding shield with the emblem of the Trinity - St. Luke's ox - angel holding shield [emblem unknown]
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view of font - west-southwest side
Scene Description: St. Mark's lion in the centre panel
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INFORMATION
FontID: 11717BRA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Nicholas
Church Patron Saints: St. Nicholas of Myra
Church Location: 4 Church Walk, Bradwell, Norfolk NR31 9DX
Country Name: England
Location: Norfolk, East Anglia
Directions to Site: Located on the A143/Beccles Rd., just W of Gorleston on Sea, 5 km SSW of Gt. Yarmouth
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Norwich
Historical Region: Hundred of Lothingland -- formerly in Suffolk
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end
Century and Period: 15th century, Perpendicular
Workshop/Group/Artisan: East Anglia font / Evangelists' font
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Simon Knott, of www.norfolkchurches.co.uk, for his photographs of church and font
Church Notes: round-tower church
Font Notes:
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Noted in Suckling (1846-1848): "The advowson of the church was long in medieties, and in the reign of Edward I [i.e., 1272-1307]. was presented to by a family which assumed its surname from the village. [...] The Church [...] is a rectory dedicated to St. Nicholas [...] At the west end of the nave stands an octangular font". In Parker (1855) also as octagonal. The National Gazetteer of 1868 reports "an ancient font" in this church. The baptismal font is of the East Anglia type, consisting of an octagonal basin with deeply-carved panels in which are the four symbols of the Evangelists with scrolls alternating with four demi-figures of angels holding shields [NB: Knott (2008) suggests the piece of metal thrusted into the upper middle part of this panel may have been an iconoclastic act: "I assume that it is the head of an axe or pick which has broken off. It probably dates from the 17th century. Puritan attacks on fonts of this kind are familiar in the area south of Bury St Edmunds, but it was the first time I had seen it up here." It is interesting that, if it was an iconoclastic attack on the font, it was a very uncharacteristic one, as most of those carried by Reformers, Commonwealth zealots, etc., usually aimed at the figural and emblematic signs, yet, none of those present on this font were targeted. But, what other explanation would account for such a damage?]; one shield has the emblem of the Trinity on it, another has the Instruments of the Passion, one is blank [no information on the fourth shield]; the underbowl chamfer has two levels: the upper level has cherubs at the angles; the lower level has floral motifs on the panels; the pedestal base is the usual octagonal-to-square shape, with four seated lions alternating with four slender buttresses; raised on an octagonal plinth. The wooden cover is round and flat, with metal decoration and ring handle; appaers modern, probably Victorian. [NB:
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 52.571586, 1.695303
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 52° 34′ 17.71″ N, 1° 41′ 43.09″ E
UTM: 31U 411579 5825414
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern (Victorian?)
Material: wood, oak?
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
REFERENCES
The National Gazetteer: a Topographical Dictionary of the British Isles, London: Virtue & Co., 1868
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