Cullompton / Collumpton

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Results: 8 records

B01: design element - motifs - quatrefoil - 16

Scene Description: a pair, side by side, on each side of the octagonal basin

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BU01: design element - motifs - moulding - graded

Scene Description: around the upper part of the tall underbowl chamfer

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BU02: design element - motifs - floral - 8

Scene Description: one on each side of the lower underbowl chamfer

CR01: design element - motifs - moulding

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LB02: design element - motifs - moulding - graded

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UB01: design element - architectural - arch or window - trefoiled - 8

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view of basin - upper view

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view of font

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INFORMATION

FontID: 04784CUL
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Andrew
Church Patron Saints: St. Andrew
Country Name: England
Location: Devon, South West
Directions to Site: Located on the M5, 22 kms NNE of Exeter
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 15th century, Perpendicular
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pete Towsend for his photographs of this font
Oliver (1840-2) writes: "We could wish the neat octagon font to be cleared of the incrustations of whitewash". Not mentioned in Pevsner (1952) Described in Hutton (1957) as an octagonal baptismal font of the Perpendicular period. The local guide by Foster (1957), who was churchwarden between 1941 and 1946, notes: "The octagonal font, in the north aisle [...] are all well executed and deserve notice."

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Drainage Notes: no lining

REFERENCES

Bond, Francis, Fonts and Font Covers, London: Waterstone, 1985 c1908
Foster, Murray T., A brief description of the Church of St. Andrew, Cullompton, [Cullampton?]: [The Author?], 1957
Hutton, Graham, English Parish Churches, London: Thames & Hudson, 1976
Oliver, George, Ecclesiastical Antiquities in Devon: being Observations on Several Churches in Devonshire, with some Memoranda for the History of Cornwall, Exeter: W.C. Featherstone, 1840-1842