Westleigh / West Leigh
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Westleigh Parish Coundil, 2004
Image Source: www.westleigh-devon.gov.uk
Copyright Instructions: Permission received (email of 9 December 2004)
INFORMATION
FontID: 10391WES
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Peter
Church Patron Saints: St. Peter [may have been dedicated earlier to "St. Medom"?]
Country Name: England
Location: Devon, South West
Directions to Site: Located off the A39, NNE of Bideford
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the W end of the nave, opposite the S entrance
Century and Period: 13th century, Early English
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to the Westleigh Parish Council, and to webmaster Paul Fronteras, of www.designtoweb.com, for the photograph of this font.
Font Notes:
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Baptismal font probably of the 13th century in the Early English style, "and described by Ashworth as a 'massive bowl', which holds 9 gallons and is supported by 8 granite shafts." [source: www.westleigh-devon.gov.uk]. The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868) mentions an "antique font" in this church. The basin has a general square shape but the sides are actually lobulated: large lobes formimng the corners with a narrower one between them in the middle of the face. Wooden cover, pyramidal square, with crocketed sides and tracery pattern decoration. [We are grateful to the Westleigh Parish Council, and to webmaster Paul Fronteras, of www.designtoweb.com, for the photograph of this font]
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Number of Pieces: nine?
Font Shape: multi-lobed (square mounted)
Basin Exterior Shape: multi-lobed (square)
LID INFORMATION
Date: unknown
Material: wood, oak?
Apparatus: no
REFERENCES
The National Gazetteer: a Topographical Dictionary of the British Isles, London: Virtue & Co., 1868