Burrington nr. Exter

In her work on the ancient baptismal fonts of Devon, Clarke (1920) writes: "Hitherto the scalloped bowls have had three cones on each face; Burrington has four, which are recessed to the depth of 1/8 below a horizontal line such as we noticed at Halberton, Merton and Wear Gifford [cf. Index entries]. There is a dart between each two cones. The bowl is cracked, and has been cemented, not very efficaciously; an iron band 1 1/2 inches wide encircles the whole. It would be well if a better mode of holding it together were adopted; the iron must corrode the stone. The hollow of the bowl is square; there is no lining, and there are marks of axe dressing inside. It has a round moulding as necking varying from 1 1/2 to 2 inches in width. The base is of thirteenth-century type; it consists of two half-round mouldings with a curved chamfer between. There is a square plinth, 2 feet square and 3 1/2 inches deep, on a modern platform, part of which serves as a standing-stone." In Pevsner (1952): "Font. Norman, square, re-tooled. The bowl has a scalloped under edge with four scallops to each side."