Stanton nr. Bury St. Edmunds

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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Simon Knott, 2008
Image Source: digital photograph taken 28 February 2008 by Simon Knott [http://www.suffolkchurches.co.uk/stantonas.htm] [accessed 3 November 2009]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission

INFORMATION

Font ID: 15642STA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 14th century, Decorated
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of All Saints
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end
Church Patron Saint(s): All Saints
Church Address: Old Bury Rd, Stanton, Bury Saint Edmunds IP31 2DA, United Kingdom -- Tel.: +44 1359 250239
Site Location: Suffolk, East Anglia, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located on the A143, 15 km NE of Bury St. Edmunds
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of St Edmundsbury & Ipswich
Historical Region: Hundred og Blackburn
Font Notes:
Baptismal font of the Decorated period described in Parker (1855) as an octagonal basin raised on eight pillars. Illustrated in Knott (2008). The sides of the basin are plain; there are eight round outer colonnettes and a central polygonal shaft; the lower base is octagonal; the plinth is also polygonal and has a two-step kneeling extension. The wooden cover is octagonal and flat, with metal decorations and ring handle; appears modern. [NB: there is no font at the ruins of Stanton St. John, and we have no information on its original font].
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Simon Knott, of www.suffolkchurches.co.uk, for the photograph of this font

COORDINATES

UTM: 31U 355660 5799232
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 52.324404, 0.882009
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 52° 19′ 27.85″ N, 0° 52′ 55.23″ E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

LID INFORMATION

Date: modern?
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]

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]