
Baptism Font, St Peter's Church - Sudbury, Suffolk
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Baptism font in St Peter's church, Sudbury
Waymark Code: WMME4T
Location: Eastern England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 09/07/2014
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"The octagonal font is comprised of a mediaeval bowl on top of a modern stem, each face of which features a square panel containing four squashed quatrefoils set diagonally."
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"The font was moved into the south aisle to create a grand processional vista from the west door. This was one of Suffolk's Anglo-catholic shrines, and the ghosts of Butterfield and his kind are never far away. The font has a grand cover, with a lantern top. There is a story that the font was removed during the Puritan era to be used as a feeding bowl for pigs. "
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