Kingskerswell / Kinkerswell / Kings' Carswell

INFORMATION

FontID: 10542KIN
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Mary
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Country Name: England
Location: Devon, South West
Directions to Site: Located 4 km SSE of Newton Abbott, 6-7 NWW of Torquay
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 14th - 15th century, Early Perpendicular
Baptismal font probably of the period of the church itself, early Perpendicular, noted in Stabb (1908): "The font is plain granite, octagonal in shape." Not mentioned in Pevsner (1952) or Hoskins (1954).

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, granite
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

REFERENCES

Stabb, John, Some old Devon churches, their roods, pulpits, fonts, etc., London: Simkin, [et al.], 1908-1916