Chefresne / Le Chefresne

INFORMATION

FontID: 03373CHE

Object Type: Baptismal Font1

Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Pierre de Le Chefresne

Church Patron Saints: St. Peter

Church Location: 50410 Percy-en-Normandie, France

Country Name: France

Location: Manche, Normandie

Directions to Site: Located off the D58, in the municipality and 3-4 km SE of Percy-en-Normandie, 10 kms NE of Villedieu-les-Poêles

Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Coutances et Avranches

Font Location in Church: Inside the church

Century and Period: 16th - 17th century (?), Renaissance

Church Notes: 11th-12th church; modified since; renovated 10thC

Font Notes: Click to view

Described by Vivier-Seguin (1941): granite octagonal font of the 16th-17th century; its only ornamentation is a moulding at the bottom of the basin sides; the upper base is also octagonal and it has no lower base.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 48.90313, -1.15382

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 48° 54′ 11.27″ N, 1° 9′ 13.75″ W

UTM: 30U 635293 5418330

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, granite (Vivier-Seguin)

Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)

Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

REFERENCES

Vivier, Em., Les Anciens fonts baptismaux du Département de la Manche, Avranches: Presses de "L'Opinion de la Manche", 1941