Bredfield
INFORMATION
Font ID: 15629BRE
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Andrew
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Church Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17546072
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Andrew
Site Location: Suffolk, East Anglia, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off the A12, 3 km N of Woodbridge
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of St Edmundsbury & Ipswich
Additional Comments: disappeared font?
Font Notes:
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Noted in Parker (1855): "Font, a square, on circular pedestal". The present font, a modern octagonal one with decorated panels and underbowl, and a shield on the stem, is illustrated in Knott (2008). [NB: we have no information on the whereabouts of the font noted in Parker]
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: square, mounted
Basin Exterior Shape: square
REFERENCES
- Parker, John Henry, The Ecclesiastical and architectural topography of England [...] Suffolk, 1855, [unpaged]