Awliscombe No. 1
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 10497AWL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century, Perpendicular
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Michael and All Angels
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Michael & All Angels
Site Location: Devon, South West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located on the A373 just W of Honiton
Font Notes:
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Described in Stabb (1908): "The font is old, octagonal in shape, with cover." Noted in Pevsner (1952): "Font. Plain, octagonal, Perp[endicular], with four-petalled flowers in the panels." [cf. Index entry for Awliscombe No. 2 for an old stoup listed for this church]
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
LID INFORMATION
Date: unknown
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
REFERENCES
- Pevsner, Nikolaus, South Devon, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1952, p. 43
- Stabb, John, Some old Devon churches, their roods, pulpits, fonts, etc., London: Simkin, [et al.], 1908-1916, p. 10