Ipplepen

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 10539IPP
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century (mid?), Perpendicular
Workshop/Group/Artisan: heraldic font
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Andrew
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Andrew [dedication in Lewis (1848) appears as St. John the Baptist]
Church Notes: Dedication in Lewis (1848) appears as St. John the Baptist [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51063#s14] [accessed 23 February 2009]
Site Location: Devon, South West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off the A381, about 20 km SSW of Exeter
Font Notes:
Described in Spreat (1842): "The font is octangular with a quatrefoil having a shield or figure in the centre, on each face, resting on an octangilar column having on each face two trifoliated panels, or one with a figure in the centre." Noted in Stabb (1908) as a baptismal font of the 15th century. In Kelly's Directory of 1914 [cited in http://www.devonheritage.org/Places/Ipplepen/DescriptionofIpplepeninKellysDirectoryof1914.htm [accessed 23 February 2009]]: "the font is Early Perpendicular, and has a panelled basin with carved figures". In Pevsner (1952): "The usual octagonal C15 type with quatrefoils and shields, and with three statuettes on pillar and bowl. One of the shields shows the arms of Bishop Lacy of Exeter (1420-55)." In Hoskins (1954): "The font and rood-screen are said to be c. 1430- 50."

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

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

REFERENCES

  • Hoskins, William George, Devon, London: Collins, 1954, cited in http://www.devon.gov.uk/localstudies/110544/1.html [accessed 23 February 2009]
  • Pevsner, Nikolaus, South Devon, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1952, p. 186
  • Spreat, William, Picturesque Sketches of the Churches of Devon, Exeter: [The Author], 1842, [no. 55]
  • Stabb, John, Some old Devon churches, their roods, pulpits, fonts, etc., London: Simkin, [et al.], 1908-1916, p. 134