Challacombe / Challocombe
INFORMATION
Font ID: 10374CHA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century, Perpendicular
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of the Holy Trinity
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): The Holy Trinity
Site Location: Devon, South West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located on the B3358, 20-25 km N of South Molton, in the NW area of the Exmoor National Park
Font Notes:
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Described in Lysons (1806-1822) as an octagonal baptismal font mounted on pillars. Lewis' Dictionary of 1848 reports: "a fine stone font, of curious workmanship" [Lewis adscribes the church to "the later English style" [i.e., Perpendicular]].
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
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, [www.british-history.ec.uk/report.asp?compid=50865] [accessed 24 January 2007]
- 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