Pulpit - St Peter - Wenhaston, Suffolk
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N 52° 19.426 E 001° 33.429
31U E 401666 N 5798029
Jacobean pulpit in St Peter's church, Wenhaston.
Waymark Code: WM12ZX1
Location: Eastern England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 08/17/2020
Views: 1
A beautifully carved 17th-century pulpit at the east end of the nave. The Jacobean pulpit has excellent carved details, including figures of angels on the book rest brackets. The faces on the figures may be representations of patrons of the church, who may have funded the pulpit.
It is two tiers of panels, decorated with geometric patterns, and floral and leaf designs. It is a replacement of the original pulpit damaged in April 1643, when Dowsing’s men entered the church, broke the pictures in the windows and removed the top of the font and the organ. They also disfigured the pulpit and the font, destroyed the altar and removed the carved angels from the roof.
Times available for viewing: Daytime hours
Entrance fee (if applicable), local currency: 0
Approximate age of artefact (Year): Not listed
Relevant website: Not listed
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