Wolborough / Woolborough nr. Newton Abbot

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B01: design element - motifs - foliage - honeysuckle or palmetto

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BBU01: design element - motifs - rope moulding

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BU01: design element - motifs - sawtooth

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CR01: design element - motifs - roll moulding - 2

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R01: design element - motifs - roll moulding

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view of church exterior - northeast view

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view of church interior - nave - looking east

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view of font

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view of font

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view of font and cover

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INFORMATION

FontID: 10405WOL

Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Mary

Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin

Church Location: Wolborough, Newton Abbot TQ12 1ES

Country Name: England

Location: Devon, South West

Directions to Site: Located just S of Newton Abbot, 18-20 km S of Exeter

Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Exeter

Font Location in Church: Inside the church

Century and Period: 11th - 12th century, Norman

Cognate Fonts: Fonts of this type at: Ashprington, Blackauton, Buckfastleigh, Denbury, Cornworthy, Dartmouth St. Petrock's, Paignton St Andrew's, Plymstock, South Brent, Thurlestone, Ugborough and Wolbororugh, all in Devon

Church Notes: "Dear Mr Torrens, You enquired about the baptismal fonts in St Mary's Church Wolborough and St Leonard's Church Newton Abbot. I can confirm that the font in St Mary's Wolborough is Norman. St Leonard's Church as you note was demolished in 19th century and its replacement building was closed some years ago. I have no knowledge at all about St Leonard's font or what happened to it. Yours truly, Revd Russell Chamberlain. Rector of Wolborough." (e-mail to BSI, 5 March 2009)

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In his visit to this church ca. 1825, Oliver (1840-1842) writes that "With the exception of a most ancient Font, I saw but little here to arrest attention." Stabb (1908) notes the font: "Norman with cable moulding." Described and illustrated in Clarke (1916) as one of twelve Devon fonts of about the same period [Norman/Late Norman] decorated with a prominent band of honeysuckle or palmetto motif all around the basin [the twelve are: Ashprington, Blackauton, Buckfastleigh, Denbury, Cornworthy, Dartmouth St. Petrock's, Paignton St Andrew's, Plymstock, South Brent, Thurlestone, Ugborough and Wolbororugh, all in Devon]. Clarke (ibid.) writes that this font is practically identical to the font at Thurlestone, both made of red sandstone. Listed in Cox & Harvey (1907) as having a baptismal font of the Norman period. [NB: the parish web site [http://www.ogwol.org.uk/stmary.htm [accessed 4 March 2009]] notes: "The font is Norman with cable and chevron carving and is thought to have come from an earlier church on this site"]. In Pevsner (1952): "Norman, circular, with palmette decoration." Hoskins (1954), in his entry for Newton Abbot, mentions Wolborough and the Church of St Mary, in which he notes "a restored Norman font". [NB: a communication from the present [March 2009] Rector of Wolborough, the Revd. Russell Chamberlain, to BSI (e-mail of 5 March 2009), confirms the Norman font at Wolborough St. Mary's, but claims no knowledge of the whereabouts of the former font from Newton Abbot St. Leonard's -- cf. ChurchNotes]]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, sandstone (red)

Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: round

Rim Thickness: 12 cm [calculated]

Diameter (inside rim): 52.5 cm*

Diameter (includes rim): 76.25 cm*

Basin Depth: 30 cm*

Basin Total Height: 46.25 - 51.25 cm*

Height of Central Column: 17.5 cm*

Font Height (less Plinth): 90 cm*

Notes on Measurements: *[measurements given in inches in Clarke (1916: 319)]

REFERENCES

Clarke, Kate M., "The baptismal fonts of Devon -- Part IV", 48, Report and Transactions of the Devonshire Association for the Advancement of Science, Literature and Art, 1916, pp. 302-319; r["References"]

Clarke, Kate M., "The baptismal fonts of Devon -- Part IX", 54, Report and Transactions of the Devonshire Association for the Advancement of Science, Literature and Art, 1922, pp. 216-223; r["References"]

Cox, John Charles, English Church Furniture, New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1907

Hoskins, William George, Devon, London: Collins, 1954

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

Pevsner, Nikolaus, South Devon, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1952

Stabb, John, Some old Devon churches, their roods, pulpits, fonts, etc., London: Simkin, [et al.], 1908-1916