Dowland No. 1

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 10511DOW
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: Medieval [composite]
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Peter
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Peter
Site Location: Devon, South West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located 7 km NNE of Hatherleigh, 12 km SE of Torrington
Font Notes:
Baptismal font of a composite nature reported in Stabb (1908): "The font has an old small octagonal bowl mounted on a later shaft." Noted in Pevsner (1952): "Font. Small octagonal bowl with ribs at the angles." [cf. Index entry for Dowland No. 2 for an early holy-water stoup in the same church]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

REFERENCES

  • Pevsner, Nikolaus, North Devon, Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1952, p. 81
  • Stabb, John, Some old Devon churches, their roods, pulpits, fonts, etc., London: Simkin, [et al.], 1908-1916, p. 87