Assington
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view of font and cover in context
Scene Description: the modern font in context
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Simon Knott, 2009
Image Source: digital photograph taken 4 May 2009 by Simon Knott [http://www.suffolkchurches.co.uk/assington.htm] [accessed 5 November 2009]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
INFORMATION
Font ID: 15669ASS
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 14th - 15th century, Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Edmund
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Church Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17541776
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Edmund the Martyr [aka Edmund of East Anglia]
Site Location: Suffolk, East Anglia, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located 8 km SE of Sudbury
Font Notes:
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The baptismal font described in Parker (1855) as "an octagon, with panelled pedestal" is no longer there. The present font, probably introduced in the major renovation of this church in the 1860s, has shields and roses in quatrefoiled panels, roses on the underbowl, and clustered colonnettes on the stem. [NB: we have no information on the whereabouts of the old font]
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Simon Knott, of www.suffolkchurches.co.uk, for the photograph of the modern font
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]. URL: www.suffolkchurches.co.uk.
- Parker, John Henry, The Ecclesiastical and architectural topography of England [...] Suffolk, 1855, [unpaged]