Parracombe
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view of font and cover
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Mark Collins, 2004
Image Source: digital photograph taken 12 July 2003 by Mark Harris [www.roughwood.net/ChurchAlbum/Devon/Parracombe/Parracombe-St-Petrock.htm] [accessed 28 October 2013]
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view of church exterior - southwest view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Mark Collins, 2004
Image Source: digital photograph taken 12 July 2003 by Mark Harris [www.roughwood.net/ChurchAlbum/Devon/Parracombe/Parracombe-St-Petrock.htm] [accessed 28 October 2013]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
view of church interior - nave - looking east
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Mark Collins, 2004
Image Source: digital photograph taken 12 July 2003 by Mark Harris [www.roughwood.net/ChurchAlbum/Devon/Parracombe/Parracombe-St-Petrock.htm] [accessed 28 October 2013]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
INFORMATION
Font ID: 10551PAR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Late Norman / Transitional?
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Petrock [redundant]
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes below]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Petroc [aka Pedrog, Perreux, Petrock]
Church Notes: Mark Collins' web site [www.roughwood.net] informs that the church of St Petrock has been restored and has been in the care of The Churches Conservation Trust since 1971
Church Address: Church Lane, Parracombe, Devon EX31 4PE
Site Location: Devon, South West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located 8 km SSW of Lynton, 16 km NE of Barnstaple
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Exeter
Historical Region: Hundred of Sherwill
Additional Comments: recycled font: originally from Martinhoe
Font Notes:
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Stabb (1908) writes: "The Transitional Norman font has been transferred to the new church, and the old church is only used occasionally in the summer months. Unfortunately early in 1908 the church was struck by lightning and much damage done. The tower was cracked, the pulpit and screen split, and the interior of the church almost ruined." Pevsner (1952) notes: "Font. Plain, small, circular bowl, perhaps Norman, said to come from another parish." According to Mark Collins [www.roughwood.net/ChurchAlbum/Devon/Parracombe/StPetrock.htm], "the church was declared redundant in 1969", and his web site states that "the font is mediaeval, probably Norman, and was rescued from the Rectory garden at St. Martin, Martinhoe, and given to St Petrock's. The cover is modern." [NB: the font illustrated in Collins' web site consists of a rounded, almost bucket-shape, basin raised on a cluster of columns (6?) and raised on an octagonal lower base and plinth, both very narrow. The cover is wooden, plain and flat.] [cf. Index entry for Martinhoe No. 2 for a new Victorian font in Martinhoe].
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Mark Collins, of www.roughwood.net, for his permission to reproduce the data and image on this font.
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 437259 5671152
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 51.188333, -3.897778
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 51° 11′ 18″ N, 3° 53′ 52″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: round, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
REFERENCES
- Byrne, Matthew, Beautiful churches saved by The Churches Conservation Trust, London: Frances Lincoln, 2013, p. 128-131
- Pevsner, Nikolaus, North Devon, Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1952, p. 134
- Stabb, John, Some old Devon churches, their roods, pulpits, fonts, etc., London: Simkin, [et al.], 1908-1916, p. 179