Churston Ferrers

Results: 8 records

BU01: coat of arms - Pennyl

Scene Description: symbol probably added in the mid-19th century

BU02: coat of arms - Bozun

Scene Description: symbol probably added in the mid-19th century

BU03: coat of arms - Cary

Scene Description: symbol probably added in the mid-19th century

BU04: coat of arms - Brian

Scene Description: symbol probably added in the mid-19th century

BU05: coat of arms - Daubeney

Scene Description: symbol probably added in the mid-19th century

BU06: coat of arms - Ferrers

Scene Description: symbol probably added in the mid-19th century

BU07: coat of arms - Matesford

Scene Description: symbol probably added in the mid-19th century

BU08: coat of arms - Buller

Scene Description: symbol probably added in the mid-19th century

INFORMATION

FontID: 10501CHU
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Mary the Virgin
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Country Name: England
Location: Devon, South West
Directions to Site: Located on the A3022, just W of Brixham
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 15th century [base only], Late Medieval
Workshop/Group/Artisan: heraldic font
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