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angel - demi-figure - holding object - 8

Scene Description: scrolls, shields, etc.

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Image Source: digital photograph taken 12 May 2007 by Simon Knott [http://www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/scole/scole.htm] [accessed 20 August 2009]

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angel - head - 8

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animal - mammal - lion - sejant - 4

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design element - architectural - buttress - 4

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design element - motifs - floral or foliage - 8

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view of church exterior - southeast view

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Image Source: digital photograph taken 12 May 2007 by Simon Knott [www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/scole/scole.htm] [accessed 12 February 2013]

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view of church interior - nave - looking northeast

Scene Description: the font is visible through the arcade, at the east end of the north aisle

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view of church interior - nave - looking west

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view of font and cover

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view of font and cover in context

Scene Description: at the east end of the north aisle, obviously not its original position

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INFORMATION

FontID: 15169SCO
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Andrew
Church Patron Saints: St. Andrew
Church Location: Norwich Road, Scole, Norfolk, IP21 4DY
Country Name: England
Location: Norfolk, East Anglia
Directions to Site: Located 3 km ESE of Diss
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Norwich
Historical Region: Hundred of Diss
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end
Century and Period: 15th century, Perpendicular
Workshop/Group/Artisan: heraldic font
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Simon Knott, of www.norfolkchurches.co.uk, for his photographs of this church and font
Blomefield (1805-1810), who does not mention a font in it, notes the church: "The Church is dedicated to St. Andrew the Apostle, having a square tower, and but one bell, though not long since there were five", and names John de Petrestre as rector in 1297. Described in Pevsner & Wilson (1999): "Perp[endicular]. Four lions against the stem, eight demi-figures of angels against the bowl." Noted and illustrated in Knott (2007) as having survived the devastating fire of 1963. [NB: we have no information on the font of the late-thirteen church here].

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 52.36733, 1.15866
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 52° 22′ 2.39″ N, 1° 9′ 31.18″ E
UTM: 31U 374634 5803491

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

REFERENCES

Blomefield, Francis, An essay towards a topographical history of Norfolk, 1805-1810
Knott, Simon, The Norfolk Churches Site, Simon Knott, 2004. [standing permission to reproduce images received from Simon (February 2005]. Accessed: 2009-08-20 00:00:00. URL: www.norfolkchurches.co.uk.
Pevsner, Nikolaus, Norfolk 2: North-West and South (2nd ed.), London: Penguin, 1999