Wangford St. Peter & St. Paul

INFORMATION

Font ID: 15557WAN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century, Perpendicular
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Peter and St. Paul
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17527325
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Peter & St. Paul
Site Location: Suffolk, East Anglia, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off the A12, just S of Southwold [NB: there is another 'Wangford' in the W of the county, with a church dedicated to St. Denis]
Additional Comments: [not mentioned in Knott -- Nov. 2009]
Font Notes:
Noted in Parker (1855): "The font is an octagon and P[erpendicular]".

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

REFERENCES

  • Parker, John Henry, The Ecclesiastical and architectural topography of England [...] Suffolk, 1855, [unpaged]