Iddesleigh / Idsleigh
INFORMATION
Font ID: 10520IDD
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 14th - 16th century, Perpendicular
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. James
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. James
Site Location: Devon, South West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located 6-7 km NNE of Hatherleigh
Font Notes:
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Octagonal baptismal font noted in Stabb (1908). Also in Pevsner (1952): "Font. Octagonal, Perp, with very plain decoration. Jacobean cover."
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
LID INFORMATION
Date: Jacobean / 16th - 17th century?
Material: wood
REFERENCES
- Pevsner, Nikolaus, North Devon, Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1952, p. 104
- Stabb, John, Some old Devon churches, their roods, pulpits, fonts, etc., London: Simkin, [et al.], 1908-1916, p. 130