Plympton

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 06596PLY
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 14th - 16th century, Perpendicular
Workshop/Group/Artisan: heraldic font
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Mary
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Site Location: Devon, South West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located just E of Plymouth
Font Notes:
Listed in Cox & Harvey (1907) as a baptismal font of the Perpendicular period. [NB: Cox & Harvey (ibid.) mention Plympton font as one of four in Devon engraved in Paley - this is an error: the font engraved in Paley is Plymstock, a Norman font, not Plympton]. This same source (ibid.) includes a description of the Perpendicular font: "At Plympton St. Mary, in the south of the county, the octagonal granite font is of effective though simple design and well moulded. The eight panels bear shields in quatrefoils, and the slender octagonal shaft is panelled with trefoil heads". Noted in Pevsner (1952): "Perp[endicular], octagonal, of the usual type."

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

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

REFERENCES

  • Cox, John Charles, English Church Furniture, New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1907, p. 195 [error], 196, 197
  • Pevsner, Nikolaus, South Devon, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1952, p. 244