Parracombe

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].