Ridgewell No. 2 / Redgwell

INFORMATION

FontID: 11790RID
Object Type: Stoup
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Laurence
Church Patron Saints: St. Lawrence [aka Laurence]
Country Name: England
Location: Essex, East
Directions to Site: Located 13 km NW of Halstead
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the nave, on the E side of the S doorway
Century and Period: 15th century, Perpendicular
Font Notes:
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