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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 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
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Sheepdog Rex, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph taken 4 July 2011 by Sheepdog Rex [www.flickr.com/photos/sheepdog_rex/5925108759/in/pool-1107625@N23/] [accessed 24 December 2011]
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view of font cover
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Sheepdog Rex, 2011
Image Source: detail of a digital photograph taken 4 July 2011 by Sheepdog Rex [www.flickr.com/photos/sheepdog_rex/5925108759/in/pool-1107625@N23/] [accessed 24 December 2011]
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 06624TAW
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 11th - 12th century / 17th century, Norman / Restoration?
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Peter
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, W end of the nave, S side
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Peter
Church Address: Tawstock, Devon, EX31 3HY
Site Location: Devon, South West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located 3-4 km SW of Barnstaple
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Exeter
Font Notes:
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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, p. 196
- Hussell, Allen T., North Devon Churches: Studies of some of the ancient buildings, Barnstaple: Printed at the 'Herald' Press, 1910, p. 118, 119
- 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, vol. 2: p. 121