Bickleigh nr. Roborough No. 2

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 10351BIC
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: 1589
Font Century and Period/Style: 16th century(late), Late Perpendicular / Elizabethan
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Mary the Virgin
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Site Location: Devon, South West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located near Roborough, just N of Plymouth
Font Notes:
The Bickleigh local authority site [www.bickleigh.gov.uk/about.htm] informs that the baptismal font in use in this church dates from 1589, but that another font was "unearthed in 1909" and is now displayed in the church next to the 16th-century font [cf. Index entry for Bickleigh No. 1 for the earlier font]. The 16th-century font is described in Spreat (1842): "The font [...] is a very fine one; it is an octagon with bevilled sides ornamented with carving, and having battlement work on the summit, the shaft and base are also carved, the whole is of granite, a most durable material, but extremely difficult to work with any nicety." Noted in Pevsner (1952): "Font. Perp[endicualr], octagonal, crenellated with large flat leaf patterns."

COORDINATES

UTM: 30U 423170 5588335

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

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

REFERENCES

  • Pevsner, Nikolaus, South Devon, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1952, p. 51
  • Spreat, William, Picturesque Sketches of the Churches of Devon, Exeter: [The Author], 1842, [entry no. 65]