Old Lakenham and Tuckswood

Image copyright © George Plunkett, 2015

Standing permission by Jonathan Plunkett

Results: 12 records

Apostle or saint - Evangelists - symbol - 4

Scene Description: Three of them seen here: left: Luke's -- centre: Matthew's -- right: John's

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © George Plunkett, 2015

Image Source: detail of a B&W photograph taken 18 June 1938 by George Plunkett [www.georgeplunkett.co.uk/Norwich/extramuralmediaevalchurches.htm] [accessed 12 September 2015]

Copyright Instructions: Standing permission by Jonathan Plunkett

angel - 2

Scene Description: one seen here on the left panel

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © George Plunkett, 2015

Image Source: detail of a B&W photograph taken 18 June 1938 by George Plunkett [www.georgeplunkett.co.uk/Norwich/extramuralmediaevalchurches.htm] [accessed 12 September 2015]

Copyright Instructions: Standing permission by Jonathan Plunkett

design element - architectural - arch or window - trefoiled - 8

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © George Plunkett, 2015

Image Source: detail of a B&W photograph taken 18 June 1938 by George Plunkett [www.georgeplunkett.co.uk/Norwich/extramuralmediaevalchurches.htm] [accessed 12 September 2015]

Copyright Instructions: Standing permission by Jonathan Plunkett

design element - motifs - floral - square flower

Scene Description: a number of them in some of the arches/windows -- some appear to be elaborated versions of the Tudor flower

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © George Plunkett, 2015

Image Source: detail of a B&W photograph taken 18 June 1938 by George Plunkett [www.georgeplunkett.co.uk/Norwich/extramuralmediaevalchurches.htm] [accessed 12 September 2015]

Copyright Instructions: Standing permission by Jonathan Plunkett

design element - motifs - floral, foliage and fruit

Scene Description: the underbowl is the top of the pedestal base

symbol - crown

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © George Plunkett, 2015

Image Source: detail of a B&W photograph taken 18 June 1938 by George Plunkett [www.georgeplunkett.co.uk/Norwich/extramuralmediaevalchurches.htm] [accessed 12 September 2015]

Copyright Instructions: Standing permission by Jonathan Plunkett

symbol - the instruments of the Passion

Scene Description: seen here on the right panel

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © George Plunkett, 2015

Image Source: detail of a B&W photograph taken 18 June 1938 by George Plunkett [www.georgeplunkett.co.uk/Norwich/extramuralmediaevalchurches.htm] [accessed 12 September 2015]

Copyright Instructions: Standing permission by Jonathan Plunkett

view of church exterior - northeast view

Scene Description: Source caption: "St John the Baptist and All Saints. Mainly Perpendicular."

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © George Plunkett, 2015

Image Source: B&W photograph taken 7 June 1937 by George Plunkett [www.georgeplunkett.co.uk/Norwich/extramuralmediaevalchurches.htm] [accessed 12 September 2015]

Copyright Instructions: Standing permission by Jonathan Plunkett

view of church interior - nave - looking east

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © George Plunkett, 2015

Image Source: B&W photograph taken 18 June 1938 by George Plunkett [www.georgeplunkett.co.uk/Norwich/extramuralmediaevalchurches.htm] [accessed 12 September 2015]

Copyright Instructions: Standing permission by Jonathan Plunkett

view of church interior - nave - looking west

Scene Description: the font at the west end

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © George Plunkett, 2015

Image Source: B&W photograph taken 18 June 1938 by George Plunkett [www.georgeplunkett.co.uk/Norwich/extramuralmediaevalchurches.htm] [accessed 12 September 2015]

Copyright Instructions: Standing permission by Jonathan Plunkett

view of font and cover - east side

Scene Description: Source caption: "Carved with Emblems of the Passion, the Evangelists etc."

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © George Plunkett, 2015

Image Source: B&W photograph taken 18 June 1938 by George Plunkett [www.georgeplunkett.co.uk/Norwich/extramuralmediaevalchurches.htm] [accessed 12 September 2015]

Copyright Instructions: Standing permission by Jonathan Plunkett

view of font and cover - southwest side

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © George Plunkett, 2015

Image Source: B&W photograph taken 18 June 1938 by George Plunkett [www.georgeplunkett.co.uk/Norwich/extramuralmediaevalchurches.htm] [accessed 12 September 2015]

Copyright Instructions: Standing permission by Jonathan Plunkett

INFORMATION

FontID: 12903TAK
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. John and All Saints
Church Patron Saints: St. John & All Saints
Church Location: Harwood Road, Old Lakenham, Norwich, Norfolk NR1 2NG
Country Name: England
Location: Norfolk, East Anglia
Directions to Site: Located on Harwood Rd., outer Norwich
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Norwich
Historical Region: Hundred of Humbleyard [in Domesday]
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 14th - 15th century, Late Decorated? / Perpendicular?
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are also grateful to Jonathan Plunkett for the photographs of this church and font, taken by his father, George Plunkett, in 1937-1938
There is an entry for Lakenham in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/TG2307/lakenham/] [accessed 12 September 2015]; it mentions a church and 0.1 hides of church lands in it. Pevsner & Wilson (1997) note: "Font. Octagonal. C14. Panelled stem with fleurons, bowl with two angels, the signs of the Evangelists and the Instruments of the Passion."

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 52.6062, 1.2965
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 52° 36′ 22″ N, 1° 17′ 47″ E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

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

LID INFORMATION

Date: modern
Material: wood, oak?
Apparatus: no
Notes: octagonal, flat and plain; modern

REFERENCES

Pevsner, Nikolaus, Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East [2nd ed.], Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1997