Wattisham

INFORMATION

Font ID: 15690WAT
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century, Early English
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Nicholas [redundant since 1977]
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Nicholas of Myra
Site Location: Suffolk, East Anglia, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off (E) the B1115, near Bildeston
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of St Edmundsbury & Ipswich
Additional Comments: [not yet in Knott -- Nov 2009]
Font Notes:
Noted in Parker (1855): "Font, early; a plain octagon."

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]