Langtree

Results: 3 records

B01: Christ - Agnus Dei

on one of the basin panels, a/p description in Cox & Harvey
Scene Description: on one of the basin panels, a/p description in Cox & Harvey

B02: symbol - cross - Latin

on one of the basin panels, a/p description in Cox & Harvey
Scene Description: on one of the basin panels, a/p description in Cox & Harvey

B03: design element - patterns

"conventional patterns" on six sides of the basin, a/p description in Cox & Harvey
Scene Description: "conventional patterns" on six sides of the basin, a/p description in Cox & Harvey

INFORMATION

FontID: 06632LAN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church
Country Name: England
Location: Devon, South West
Directions to Site: Located on the B3227, just E of the A388, about 13 km S of Bideford
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 15th century, Perpendicular
Font Notes:
Listed in Cox & Harvey (1907: 196) as having a baptismal font of the 15th century made of granite: "The large octagon forn at Langtree is well moulded and carved considering the hardness of the material; ity is divided into panels, on one of which is the Agnus Dei, on another a Latin cross, and simple conventional patterns on the remainder". Noted in Pevsner (1952): "Font. Octagonal, Perp, with sinpmle patterns in the panels."

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
Pevsner, Nikolaus, North Devon, Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1952