Ridgewell No. 2 / Redgwell
INFORMATION
Font ID: 11790RID
Object Type: Stoup
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century, Perpendicular
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Laurence
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the nave, on the E side of the S doorway
Church Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17536023
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Lawrence [aka Laurence]
Church Address: Church Ln, Ridgewell, Halstead CO9 4SA, United Kingdom -- Tel.: +44 1440 731687
Site Location: Essex, East, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located 13 km NW of Halstead
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Chelmsford
Additional Comments: damaged stoup
Font Notes:
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Noted in the Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (Essex, 1916-1923): "Stoup: In nave--E. of S. doorway, with chamfered jambs and pointed head, 15th-century." The British Listed Buildings database [http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-114129-parish-church-of-st-lawrence-ridgewell] [accessed 21 July 2010] adds "the bowl broken off." [cf. Index entry for Ridgewell No. 1 for the late-medieval font in this church]
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
REFERENCES
- Great Britain. Royal Commission on Historical Monuments, An Inventory of the historical monuments in Essex, London: H.M. Stationary Office, 1916-1923, vol. 1: 227