Washbrook

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 15609WAS
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 14th - 15th century, Decorated? / Perpendicular?
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Mary
Font Location in Church: Inside the church [cf. FontNotes]
Church Wikidata: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Mary%27s_Church,_Washbrook
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Site Location: Suffolk, East Anglia, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located near Copdock
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of St Edmundsbury & Ipswich
Font Notes:
Noted in Parker (1855): "Font, D[ecorated]; an octagon, with panelled bowl." Knott (1999?) notes that the font is heavily re-cut and that it was moved into the 'baptistery' during the Victorian reforms to the church. The octagonal basin is similar to the one at nearby Copdock [cf. Index entry], with angel demi-figures holding shields alternating with large floral motifs on the sides; the pedestal, however, is quite different, the one at Washbrook being of the East Anglian font type, with seated lions and buttresses around the pedestal.

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]