Chittlehampton
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B01: design element - architectural - window - quatrefoiled - 16
Scene Description: two on each panel of the octagonal basin
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BBL01: design element - motifs - foliage - foliated crown
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BBU01: design element - patterns - crenellated
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BU01: design element - motifs - moulding
Scene Description: graded chamfer
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LB01: design element - patterns - tracery
Scene Description: on the stem of the base
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LB02: design element - motifs - floral - rosette - 8
Scene Description: on the flat surface of the lower base
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LB02: design element - motifs - spur - 4
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 10505CHI
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th - 16th century, Perpendicular
Cognate Fonts: The font at Witheridge, also in Devon
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Hieritha
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the W end, under the tower
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Urith of Chittlehampton [aka Hieritha, Erth]
Site Location: Devon, South West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off the A377, nr Bridge Reeve, about 40 km NW of Exeter
Font Notes:
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Baptismal font, probably of the 15th or 16th century, noted and illustrated in Stabb (1908): "There is a good font [...] beneath the tower very similar to that at Witheridge." The font consists of an octagonal basin raised on an octagonal pedestal over an octagonal-to-square lower base; the basin has crenellation on the side of the rim; then comes a band of pointed quatrefoil windows, two per panel; the lower basin side is carved as a surrounding and protruding crown of foliage tips; the underbowl has a graded chamfer with some motifs carved on the lower level; the stem of the base is carved with Ogee tracery and has mouldings at both ends; the upper face of the lower base has eight rosettes, each positioned to correspond to the side of the stem; the lower volume becomes square creating a raised spur at the four angles. Polygonal plinth. [We are grateful to Dr. Roger Peters, of www.wissensdrang.com, for his permission to use the transcription of and images from Stabb (1908)]
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Dr. Roger Peters, of www.wissensdrang.com, for his permission to use the transcription of and images from Stabb (1908).
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
REFERENCES
- Stabb, John, Some old Devon churches, their roods, pulpits, fonts, etc., London: Simkin, [et al.], 1908-1916, p. 54, 256 and pl. 54c