Knettishall

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B01: design element - patterns - tracery

[cf. Font notes]
Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]

INFORMATION

FontID: 12894KNE
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: [moved to the Parish Church of St. Alban, Grove Walk, Lakenham]
Country Name: England
Location: Suffolk, East Anglia
Directions to Site: [St. Alban is located on Grove Walk, Lakenham, in outer Norwich]
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Century and Period: 14th - 15th century, Medieval
Font Notes:
Parker (1855) reports a very good octagonal font in this church. Noted in Pevsner & Wilson (1997) in their entry for Outer Norwich churches, this one, St. Alban's, on Grove Walk, Lakenham: "Font. From Knettishall in Suffolk. Octagonal, with tracery patterns on the bowl, much damaged." The font cover, informs Knott (2008) quoting Cautley (1982?), was moved to nearby Riddlesworth, Norfolk.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

LID INFORMATION

Notes: [cf. FontNotes]

REFERENCES

Cautley, Henry Munro, Suffolk churches and their treasures, Woodbridge: The Boydell Press, 1982
Knott, Simon, The Norfolk Churches Site, Simon Knott, 2004. [standing permission to reproduce images received from Simon (February 2005]. Accessed: 2009-08-18 00:00:00. URL: www.norfolkchurches.co.uk.
Knott, Simon, The Suffolk Churches Site, Simon Knott, 1999-. [standing permission to reproduce images received from Simon [February 2005]. Accessed: 2009-08-18 00:00:00. URL: www.suffolkchurches.co.uk.
Parker, John Henry, The Ecclesiastical and architectural topography of England [...] Suffolk, 1855
Pevsner, Nikolaus, Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East [2nd ed.], Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1997