South Molton No. 2 / Southmolton
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B01: design element - motifs - floral - in a quatrefoil - cusped quatrefoil - 8
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BU01: design element - motifs - foliage - 8
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UB01: design element - motifs - panel - trefoiled - 8
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view of font
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view of church exterior - south view
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Image Source: engraving of a January 1908 drawing by Allen T. Hussell, in Hussell (1910)
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 06620MOL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century, Perpendicular
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Mary Magdalene
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end of the S aisle, just W of the S entranceway
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary Magdalene
Church Address: North Street, South Molton, Devon EX36 3BW
Site Location: Devon, South West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located at the junction of the B3226 and the B3227, just off the A361, about 15 km EES of Barnstaple
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Exeter
Font Notes:
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Hussell (1910) writes: "When the 15th century south porch was taken down in 1865, parts of a Norman font -complete but one stone- were found built into the walls. This was probably the font from the former church, broken up and used in this way, for a new font [...] was supplied when the rebuilding took place in the 15th century." Hussell (ibid.) describes and illustrates the 15th-century font: "The font [...] is Late 15th century date, and of elegant design; octagonal, with deeply sunk cusped quatrefoils with centre leaf ornament on each side of the basin, the coving below having large leaf paterae. The stem is modern." Pevsner (1952), however, reports only the later font: "Font. Perp[endicular], octagonal, shaft panelled, bowl with elaborately cusped quatrefoils."
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 441785 5652377
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
REFERENCES
- Hussell, Allen T., North Devon Churches: Studies of some of the ancient buildings, Barnstaple: Printed at the 'Herald' Press, 1910, p. 67, 68
- Pevsner, Nikolaus, North Devon, Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1952, p. 145