Ipswich No. 14

INFORMATION

FontID: 15585IPS
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Stephen [redundant]
Church Patron Saints: St. Stephen
Country Name: England
Location: Suffolk, East Anglia
Directions to Site: Located in the city centre, where it now serves as the Tourist Information Centre
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end of the nave [cf. FontNotes]
Century and Period: 15th century / 19th century, Perpendicular? / Victorian?
Font Notes:
Noted in Parker (1855) as a plain octagon. The present font is of overall octagonal design, but it is not plain, having quatrefoiled panels all around the basin and a moulded underbowl, raised on a moulded pedestal base [NB: this must be a Victorian replacement of the font noted in Parker]. The font cover is a modern version of the Jacobean four scroll-rib design.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

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

REFERENCES

Knott, Simon, The Suffolk Churches Site, Simon Knott, 1999-. [standing permission to reproduce images received from Simon [February 2005]. Accessed: 2009-10-26 00:00:00. URL: www.suffolkchurches.co.uk.
Parker, John Henry, The Ecclesiastical and architectural topography of England [...] Suffolk, 1855