Peter Tavy / Petertavy / St. Peter Tavy / St. Peter Tavi

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 09467PET
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th - 16th century, Late Perpendicular
Workshop/Group/Artisan: heraldic font?
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Peter
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Peter
Site Location: Devon, South West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off (E) of the A386, about 6 km NNE of Tavistock, 25-30 km N of Plymouth
Font Notes:
Described in Worthy (1887): "The font, which is octagonal, has two keys addorsed in saltier [sic] carved on one of its sides, but with this exception is perfectly plain." Noted in Pevsner (1952): "Octagonal, with simply carved tracery, etc., in the panels. Late Perp[endicular]."

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

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

REFERENCES

  • Pevsner, Nikolaus, South Devon, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1952, p. 226
  • Worthy, Charles, Devonshire parishes, or the antiquities, heraldry and family history of twenty-eight parishes in the Archdeaconry of Totnes, Exeter; London: William Pollard; George Redway, 1887, p. 154 / [http://books.google.ca/books?id=sgcVAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA220&lpg=PA220&dq=lamerton+church+font&source=bl&ots=7tuSX1lDWd&sig=AP8wFkxEZsyUbnUi_FgyE5b1S6g&hl=en&ei=2xGkSbvmNIS6nQfnxP2qBQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=3&ct=result#PPA19,M1] [accessed 24 February 2009]