Bredfield
INFORMATION
FontID: 15629BRE
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Andrew
Church Patron Saints: St. Andrew
Country Name: England
Location: Suffolk, East Anglia
Directions to Site: Located off the A12, 3 km N of Woodbridge
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of St Edmundsbury & Ipswich
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Century and Period: Medieval
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