Ringmore nr. Kingsbridge / Reimore

Results: 6 records

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design element - architectural - arch - trefoiled - 3

Scene Description: on one side of the basin

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 23 July 2000 by BSI

symbol - cross - Greek - pattée - in a circle

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 23 July 2000 by BSI

view of church exterior in context - north view

Scene Description: Source caption: "All Hallows' church, Ringmore. View from the north; the westing gridline bisects the church building across the north chancel."

Image Source: digital photograph 13 June 2011 by Jonathan Billinger [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2706878] [accessed 24 October 2021]

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view of church exterior in context - south view

Scene Description: Source caption: "All Hallows' church, Ringmore. View from the south. The church is unusual in having its tower above the porch."

Image Source: digital photograph 13 June 2011 by Jonathan Billinger [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2706893] [accessed 24 October 2021]

Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-2.5

view of church interior - looking east

Scene Description: Source caption: "All Hallows' church, Ringmore; interior. A major feature of interest is the rare mediaeval mural on the chancel arch."

Image Source: digital photograph 13 June 2011 by Jonathan Billinger [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2706884] [accessed 24 October 2021]

Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-2.5

view of font

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 23 July 2000 by BSI

INFORMATION

FontID: 03127RIN

Church/Chapel: All Hallows' Church

Church Patron Saints: All Saints

Church Location: 4 Cumberland Cottages, Ringmore, Kingsbridge TQ7 4HL, UK -- Tel.: +44 1548 830260

Country Name: England

Location: Devon, South West

Directions to Site: North Devon. There are two "Ringmore" in Devon: one is near Teignmouth, north of Torquay; the second is all the way south, just west of Kingsbridge, in Bigbury Bay. [BSI note: neither font matches Bond's description]

Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Exter

Font Location in Church: Inside the church, by the entrance

Century and Period: , Medieval? / Modern?

Church Notes: original church 12thC; modified 13th, 14th, 19thC -- On-site visit records (July 23, 2000) give name of the church as "Old" Hallows', but it is probably All Hallows'

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

There is an entry for this Ringmore in the Domesday survey [https://opendomesday.org/place/SX6546/ringmore/] [accessed 24 October 2021] but it mentions neither priest nor church in it. The entry for this Ringmore in Historic England [Listing NGR: SX6526845993] notes: "Anglican parish church. Mainly late C13 or early C14, but some remains of C12 work [no font mentioned]. The font here is made of a fine-grain granite, square with corners trimmed, and mounted on a modern black-marble base of a central pillar and four corner shafts. The ornamentation on the sides of the basin consists of: 1)plain side; 2)two trefoil-arch windows; 3)Greek pattee cross in a circle, and 4)three trefoil-arch windows. There is a modern wooden font cover. The font is difficult to date from sight only, and could very well have been re-cut; it does however still have the hinge evidence of an old cover.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 50.298, -3.894

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 50° 17′ 52.8″ N, 3° 53′ 38.4″ W

UTM: 30U 436327 5572147

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, granite

Font Shape: square (mounted)

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: square

Drainage Notes: not lined

Rim Thickness: 9 cm

Diameter (inside rim): 54 cm

Basin Depth: 23 cm

Height of Basin Side: 45 cm

Basin Total Height: 45 cm

Height of Base: 46 cm

Font Height (less Plinth): 91 cm

Font Height (with Plinth): 113 cm

Trapezoidal Basin: 70 x 73 cm

Notes on Measurements: BSI on-site

LID INFORMATION

Date: modern

Material: wood,

Notes: Evidence of old hinges in the upper surface of the rim

REFERENCES

Bond, Francis, Fonts and Font Covers, London: Waterstone, 1985 c1908