The octagonal font, dating from the 15th century, in the nave of St Edmund's Church

Date:: 1910 - 1934

Location:: St Edmund's Church, Church Green, Southwold, Waveney, Suffolk

Reference:: OP27940

Type:: Photograph (Printing Out Paper Print)

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Description

Underneath the image, the font is described on the mount as 'SEVEN SACRAMENTS FONT (defaced)'. It is decorated with niches on the panels of both the bowl and the stem and it now has a tall, openwork font canopy which was designed, in 1935, by Frank Ernest Howard, the photographer of this image.

Archival History

This photograph was withdrawn from the open Red Box Collection for conservation reasons during the 2011-2012 Red Box Project.

Content

This is part of the Series: RBO01/38 Early Photographic Print Collection: Suffolk; within the Collection: RBO01 Early Photographic Print Collection

Rights

Source: Historic England Archive

People & Organisations

Photographer: Howard, Frank Ernest

Donor: Buckley, George Granville

Keywords

Perpendicular, Font, Parish Church