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view of church exterior - southwest view

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Image Source: engraving of a May 1908 drawing by Allen T. Hussell, in Hussell (1910)

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view of church interior - plan

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Image Source: detail of an engraving of a May 1908 drawing by Allen T. Hussell, in Hussell (1910)

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view of font and cover

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view of font and cover

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INFORMATION

FontID: 06624TAW
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Peter
Church Patron Saints: St. Peter
Church Location: Tawstock, Devon, EX31 3HY
Country Name: England
Location: Devon, South West
Directions to Site: Located 3-4 km SW of Barnstaple
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Exeter
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, W end of the nave, S side
Century and Period: 11th - 12th century / 17th century, Norman / Restoration?
Oliver (1840-1842) mention "a venerable Square Font" under the gallery at the west of the nave. Listed in Cox & Harvey (1907) as having a baptismal font of the Norman period. Described and illustrated in Hussell (1910): "The font [...] is square, of plain Norman design, on a cylindrical stem, and has an old oak octagonal cover, with carved ribs and crockets. The detail and workmanship of the cover points to its being of 17th century work, and the font may be contemporary with it, as there are no indications that it is an original Norman one."

COORDINATES

UTM: 30U 426402 5655910

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: square
Basin Exterior Shape: square

LID INFORMATION

Date: 17th-century?
Material: wood, oak
Apparatus: yes; crane/pulley
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]

REFERENCES

Cox, John Charles, English Church Furniture, New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1907
Hussell, Allen T., North Devon Churches: Studies of some of the ancient buildings, Barnstaple: Printed at the 'Herald' Press, 1910
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