Bigbury
Results: 3 records
B01: symbol - shield
Scene Description: several
LB01: design element - motifs - tracery
LB02: design element - architectural - column
Scene Description: several
INFORMATION
FontID: 06638BIG
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Lawrence
Church Patron Saints: St. Lawrence [aka Laurence]
Country Name: England
Location: Devon, South West
Directions to Site: Located inland of Bigbury Bay, in the South Devon Heritage Coast
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 14th - 16th century, Perpendicular
Workshop/Group/Artisan: heraldic font
Font Notes:
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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
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