Brome / Broome
INFORMATION
Font ID: 15560BRO
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century [re-carved in the 19th century?], Perpendicular [altered?]
Workshop/Group/Artisan: East Anglia font / heraldic font
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Mary
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end of the nave, beneath the tower
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Church Notes: round-tower church
Site Location: Suffolk, East Anglia, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Not to be mistaken with Broome [aka Brome] in Norfolk
Additional Comments: re-carved in a later perirod? get photos from Simon -- altered font
Font Notes:
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Parker (1855) reports a "much mutilated" octagonal font of the Perpendicular period. Illustrated in Knott (2007) ****GET PHOTOS**** [http://www.suffolkchurches.co.uk/brome.html] [accessed 22 October 2009] . East Anglia type font, the basin deeply carved with demi-figure angels holding shields charged with emblems, alternating with [?]; angel heads and floral motifs on the underbowl chamfer; the pedestal base alternates seated lions with pinnacled balusters on moulded bases; tall wooden cover. [NB: the font as it appears in Kontt's 2007 illustrations shows sharp features probably the result of re-carving in the 19th century, after Parker's time]
COORDINATES
UTM: 31U 373812 5800882
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 52.343703, 1.147575
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 52° 20′ 37.33″ N, 1° 8′ 51.27″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
LID INFORMATION
Material: wood, oak
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
REFERENCES
- Cole, John, The History and Antiquities of Ecton, in the County of Northampton, (England), 1865 [1825], [unpaged]
- Knott, Simon, The Suffolk Churches Site, Simon Knott, 1999-. [standing permission to reproduce images received from Simon [February 2005]. URL: www.suffolkchurches.co.uk.