Kingskerswell / Kinkerswell / Kings' Carswell

INFORMATION

Font ID: 10542KIN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 14th - 15th century, Early Perpendicular
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Mary
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Site Location: Devon, South West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located 4 km SSE of Newton Abbott, 6-7 NWW of Torquay
Font Notes:
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, p. 140