Westleigh / West Leigh

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Image Source: www.westleigh-devon.gov.uk

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INFORMATION

FontID: 10391WES
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.
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