Great Bradley

Image copyright © Simon Knott, 2007
Standing permission
Results: 4 records
B01: design element - motifs - tracery - 8
BU01: design element - motifs - floral
LB01: design element - motifs - moulding
view of font in context
INFORMATION
FontID: 15645BRA
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Mary
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Country Name: England
Location: Suffolk, East Anglia
Directions to Site: Located between Haverhill and Newmarket, near the Cambridgeshire border
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of St Edmundsbury & Ipswich
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end of the nave
Century and Period: 15th century, Perpendicular
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Simon Knott, of www.suffolkchurches.co.uk, for the photograph of this font
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
Parker (1855) reports a good Perpendicular font in this church. Illustrated in context in Knott (2007?). The font has an octagonal basin with traceried sides and with folral motifs on the underbowl chamfer, raised on a moulded octagonal pedestal base. The font is located at the west end of the nave.
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
REFERENCES
Knott, Simon, The Suffolk Churches Site, Simon Knott, 1999-. [standing permission to reproduce images received from Simon [February 2005]. Accessed: 2009-11-03 00:00:00. URL: www.suffolkchurches.co.uk.
Parker, John Henry, The Ecclesiastical and architectural topography of England [...] Suffolk, 1855