Rougham nr. Bury St. Edmunds
INFORMATION
FontID: 15699ROU
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Mary
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Country Name: England
Location: Suffolk, East Anglia
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
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end
Century and Period: 14th century, Decorated
Font Notes:
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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]. Accessed: 2009-11-10 00:00:00. URL: www.suffolkchurches.co.uk.
Parker, John Henry, The Ecclesiastical and architectural topography of England [...] Suffolk, 1855