Icklingham No. 6 / Icklington
Results: 3 records
B01: design element - motifs - quatrefoil - 8
BU01: design element - motifs - moulding - graded
UB01: design element - patterns - tracery
INFORMATION
FontID: 15666OCK
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. James
Church Patron Saints: St. James
Country Name: England
Location: Suffolk, East Anglia
Directions to Site: Located on the A1101, between Bury St. Edmunds and Mildenhall
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end
Century and Period: 15th century, Perpendicular
Font Notes:
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A baptismal font of the Perpendicular period is noted by Parker (1855) in this church. An octagonal font with large quatrefoils on the basin sides, graded moulding on the underbowl chamfer, and tracery on the stem is illustrated in Knott (1999?) with a photograph by Alan Thurkettle.
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: 2009-11-05 00:00:00. URL: www.suffolkchurches.co.uk.
Parker, John Henry, The Ecclesiastical and architectural topography of England [...] Suffolk, 1855