North Bovey
INFORMATION
FontID: 10546BOV
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. John the Baptist
Church Patron Saints: St. John the Baptist
Country Name: England
Location: Devon, South West
Directions to Site: Located off the A382, 3 km S of Moretonhampstead, 15-20 km SW of Exeter, in the NW area of the Dartmoor National Park
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 15th century, Perpendicular
Font Notes:
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Baptismal font, probably of the 15th century, noted in Stabb: "The font is octagonal and has a moulded pedestal." Not mentioned in Pevsner (1952).
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
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