Ousden / Owsden

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 15651OUS
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 14th - 15th century, Medieval
Workshop/Group/Artisan: heraldic font
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Peter
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end
Church Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17526678
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Peter
Site Location: Suffolk, East Anglia, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located 11 km ESE of Newmarket
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of St Edmundsbury & Ipswich
Additional Comments: disappeared font? [no font mentioned in Knott -- Nov 2009]
Font Notes:
Noted in Parker (1855) as a good font of the Perpendicular period, "octagonal, and unusually tall". The Bansfield Benefice web pages [http://www.bansfieldbenefice.org.uk/ousden/history/interior.html] [accessed 4 November 2009] note: "The octagonal font (which is situated near the entrance […]) is a fine piece of late 14th century craftsmanship. Its design is unusual for Suffolk. The slender stem has eight circular engaged shafts, which radiate outwards to support the bowl. In the panels of the bowl are carved traceried patterns, with eight different designs, mostly based upon quatrefoils, two of which contain blank shields". [NB: the church fabric goes back to Norman times, but we have no information on the original 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]