Kingsbridge

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 10540KIN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century, Early English
Cognate Fonts: the font at Woodleigh, also in Devon, has similar decoration
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Edmund the King and Martyr
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Edmund the Martyr [aka Edmund of East Anglia]
Site Location: Devon, South West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located near Salcombe, about 30 km ESE of Plymouth
Font Notes:
Medieval baptismal font noted in Stabb (1908): "The ancient font is Early English and is constructed of polyphant stone." In Pevsner (1952): "Octagonal, of flat shape, C13? With two very shallow pointed arches in each panel."

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

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

REFERENCES

  • Pevsner, Nikolaus, South Devon, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1952, p. 191, 313
  • Stabb, John, Some old Devon churches, their roods, pulpits, fonts, etc., London: Simkin, [et al.], 1908-1916, p. 139