Loxbeare / Loxbear / Loxysbere

INFORMATION

FontID: 10358LOX

Object Type: Baptismal Font1

Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Michael and All Angels

Church Patron Saints: St. Michael & All Angels

Country Name: England

Location: Devon, South West

Directions to Site: Located 7 km NW of Tiverton

Font Location in Church: Inside the church

Century and Period: 11th - 12th century, Pre-Conquest? / Norman?

Font Notes: Click to view

Described in Lysons (1806-1822) as of a group of "square Saxon fonts on circular pillars, or pedestals." Oliver (1840-1842) makes a derogatory comment about the furnishings in this church: "The font, the piscina, and indeed the tout ensemble, can hardly be worse". Lewis' Dictionary of 1848 reports a Norman font in this church. [NB: the font is not mentioned in Pevsner (1952)]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

Font Shape: square (mounted)

Basin Exterior Shape: square

REFERENCES

Lewis, Samuel, A Topographical Dictionary of England, Comprising the Several Counties, Cities, Boroughs, Corporate and Market Towns, Parishes, Chapelries, and Townships, and the Islands of Guernsy, Jersey, and Man, with Historical and Statistical Descriptions [...], London: S. Lewis, 1831

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

Oliver, George, Ecclesiastical Antiquities in Devon: being Observations on Several Churches in Devonshire, with some Memoranda for the History of Cornwall, Exeter: W.C. Featherstone, 1840-1842