Great Wenham / Wenham Magna

INFORMATION

Font ID: 15619WEN
Object Type: Stoup
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century, Early English
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. John
Font Location in Church: On the E side of the inner doorway of the porch
Church Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17532642
Church Patron Saint(s): St. John
Site Location: Suffolk, East Anglia, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off the A12, SW of Ipswich
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of St Edmundsbury & Ipswich
Additional Comments: disappeared font?
Font Notes:
Parker (1855) reports a holy-water stoup on the east side of the Early English inner doorway of the porch. Knott (2007?) notes that the baptismal font was replaced in the Victorian renovation of the church. [NB: we have no information on the earlier font]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: wall-mounted

REFERENCES

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