Pattiswick

INFORMATION

FontID: 16807PAT
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Mary Magdalen [now a private residence]
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary Magdalene
Country Name: England
Location: Essex, East
Directions to Site: Located off (N) the A120, 3 km WNW of Coggeshall
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Chelmsford
Font Location in Church: [moved to Coggeshall]
Century and Period: 13th century, Early English
The Coggeshall local church guide reads: "The Early English font, originally from Pattiswick church, pre-dates St Peter's church. Having been used for a spell as a horse trough, it was given to the Rev'd William Dampier in 1851 when major restoration work was being undertaken, the original St Peter's font having been damaged. The present columned base was installed in the 1870's." Bettley & Pevsner (2007) inform tha the parish church of Pattiswick had been made redundant in 1983 and was "sympathetically converted into a house by Patrick Lorimer of ARP Architects, 1990-1." [cf. Index entry for Coggeshall, Essex]

REFERENCES

Bettley, James, Essex, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2007