Churston Ferrers

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 10501CHU
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century [base only], Late Medieval
Workshop/Group/Artisan: heraldic font
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Mary the Virgin
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Site Location: Devon, South West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located on the A3022, just W of Brixham
Additional Comments: recycled font? / re-tooled basin? / replaced basin?
Font Notes:
Noted in Stabb (1908): "The font has tablet with coats of arms beneath the bowl." Not mentioned in Pevsner (1952). Described in a Churston web site [http://churstonchurch.tripod.com/html/history.html]: "The Font -- in Beer stone has a 15th century shaft but a bowl probably copied/resculpted in the time of the Bullers [i.e., mid-19th century]. The shields at an angle beneath the bowl include Pennyl, Bozun, Cary, Brian, Daubeney, Ferrers, Matesford and Buller but not Yarde! Buller replaced Yarde! The font cover is Jacobean in origin but, mistakenly, has now been painted gloss red."

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, beer stone
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

REFERENCES

  • Stabb, John, Some old Devon churches, their roods, pulpits, fonts, etc., London: Simkin, [et al.], 1908-1916, p. 59