Rougham nr. Bury St. Edmunds

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 15699ROU
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 14th century, Decorated
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Mary
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end
Church Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17526494
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Site Location: Suffolk, East Anglia, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located 6 km SE of Bury St. Edmunds [NB: not to be mistaken with Rougham, in Norfolk, also with a church dedicated to St. Mry]
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of St Edmundsbury & Ipswich
Additional Comments: NB: the link for this font picture in Knott's page is broken [Nov 2009]
Font Notes:
Parker (1855) reports a font of the Decorated period in this church. Noted and illustrated in Knott (2008): "The font at the west end has surviving traces of colour. It isn't one of the most exciting ones in Suffolk, but the traceried panels are fine".

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]