Bigbury

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 06638BIG
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. Lawrence
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Lawrence [aka Laurence]
Site Location: Devon, South West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located inland of Bigbury Bay, in the South Devon Heritage Coast
Font Notes:
Described in Lysons (1806-1822) as an octagonal baptismal font ornamented "with carved panels and shields on the sides, and supported upon a base fancifully ornamented with tracery and small pillars." Listed in Cox & Harvey (1907: 196) as a baptismal font of the Perpendicular period.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

REFERENCES

  • Cox, John Charles, English Church Furniture, New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1907, p. 197
  • Lysons, Daniel, Magna Britannia, being a concise topographical account of the several counties of Great Britain, London: Printed for T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1806-1822, vol. 6: p. cccxxxi