Hunston nr. Bury St. Edmunds No. 2
INFORMATION
Font ID: 15639HUN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century, Perpendicular
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Michael
Font Location in Church: Reported in the church ca. 1855
Church Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17536171
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Michael
Site Location: Suffolk, East Anglia, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off the A1088, 12 km E of Bury St. Edmunds
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of St Edmundsbury & Ipswich
Additional Comments: no font in Knott Nov 2009
Font Notes:
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Parker (1855) mentions only a late-medieval font in this church: "The font is plain octagonal, probably P[erpendicular]". [cf. Index entry for Hunston No. 1 for the earlier font of this church]
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]