Bishops Nympton / Bishop's Nympton / Bishopsnympton

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B01: design element - architectural - arcade - blind - round arches - 16 arches

Scene Description: four on each side of the basin

INFORMATION

FontID: 10371BIS
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Mar`y the Virgin
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Country Name: England
Location: Devon, South West
Directions to Site: Located off the A361, 4 km SE of South Molton
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 12th century, Norman
Described in Lysons (1806-1822) as a baptismal font "square, on a square base". Noted in Murray's Handbook for travellers […] as a Norman font. Described in Pevsner (1952): "Font. Norman, square, of table-top type, with four shallow blank arcades to each side of the top."

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: square (mounted)
Basin Exterior Shape: square

REFERENCES

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
Murray, John, A handbook for travellers in Devon and Cornwall, London: John Murray, 1865
Pevsner, Nikolaus, North Devon, Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1952