Baptism Font - St Mary - Brome, Suffolk
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N 52° 20.656 E 001° 08.856
31U E 373815 N 5800945
Medieval baptism font in St Mary's church, Brome.
Waymark Code: WMZT4E
Location: Eastern England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 01/01/2019
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"Brome, pronounced broom, sits just to the north of the pretty little town of Eye, and St Mary is essentially a Victorian rebuilding of an early medieval church. It must be said that it was somewhat unappreciated by the church explorers of the last century. How times have changed, especially with regard to our understanding and appreciation of what the Victorians did! For the church here is the work of none other than Thomas Jekyll, now recognised as one of the most innovative designers of the Victorian era. Jekyll almost completely rebuilt St Mary between the 1850s and the 1870s, and it would seem that little expense was spared. All that survives from the earlier church is the lower part of the tower, the font now beneath it, and a magnificent late medieval south porch"
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