Torbryan / Torbrian

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 04793TOR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of the Holy Trinity
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): The Holy Trinity
Site Location: Devon, South West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located 6 km SSW of Newton Bushell
Additional Comments: recycled font / damaged font: The "restoration" of this font has certainly removed any trace of character the original object may have had
Font Notes:
Lewis' Dictionary of 1848 reports "an ancient font" in this church, and so does the National Gazetteer of 1868. Described and illustrated in Hutton (1976) as a restored font with a Jacobean cover. The illustration in Hutton shows an octagonal basin, totally plain but for a thin horizontal incision all around it; the pedestal base is also octagonal and has unlikely trefoil arches, one on each side; the lower base is laso octagonal and plain. The plinth is the only part that appears older than yesterday. The "restoration" has certainly removed any trace of character the original object may have had. The medium-rise wooden dome cover is octagonal and has an orb-and-cross finial

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: pc

LID INFORMATION

Date: Jacobean (16th-17th century?)
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. Font notes]

REFERENCES

  • The National Gazetteer: a Topographical Dictionary of the British Isles, London: Virtue & Co., 1868, [www.genuki.cs.ncl.ac.uk/DEV/Torbryan/Gaz/1868.html] [accessed 13 March 2007]
  • Hutton, Graham, English Parish Churches, London: Thames & Hudson, 1976, p. 59 and pl. 158
  • Lewis, Samuel, A Topographical Dictionary of England, Comprising the Several Counties, Cities, Boroughs, Corporate and Market Towns, Parishes, Chapelries, and Townships, and the Islands of Guernsy, Jersey, and Man, with Historical and Statistical Descriptions [...], London: S. Lewis, 1831, [www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=51350] [accessed 13 March 2007]