Butterleigh
INFORMATION
Font ID: 10504BUT
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century, Norman
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Matthew
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Matthew
Site Location: Devon, South West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off (W) the M54-5 km W of Cullampton, about 15 km N of Exeter
Additional Comments: damaged font: [cf. FontNotes]
Font Notes:
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Early baptismal font mentioned in Stabb (1908): "There is an old Norman font, but it has been so much scraped it is not of great interest." Noted in Pevsner (1952): "Font. Plain Norman."
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
REFERENCES
- Pevsner, Nikolaus, South Devon, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1952, p. 73
- Stabb, John, Some old Devon churches, their roods, pulpits, fonts, etc., London: Simkin, [et al.], 1908-1916, p. 47