East Teignmouth

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 06643TEI
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 14th - 16th century, Perpendicular
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Michael the Archangel
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Michael
Site Location: Devon, South West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located 13 km N of Torquay
Font Notes:
Described in Lysons (1806-1822) as an octagonal baptismal font mounted on pillars, "enriched with quatrefoils, &c. in panels, and foliage." Listed in Cox & Harvey (1907: 197) as a baptismal font of the Perpendicular period. [cf. Index entry for Branscombe, Devon, for a 15th-century stone basin "offered as a gift by East Teignmouth parish"]

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