Payhembury No. 1
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 10552PAY
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century, Perpendicular
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Mary
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Church Notes: Church restoration in 1895-1897
Site Location: Devon, South West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located 6-8 km W of Honiton
Font Notes:
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Baptismal font noted in Stabb (1908): "The font is old with a modern cover." Noted in Pevsner (1952): "Font. Plain, odtagonal, Perp[endicular] with quatrefoil panels." The cover was designed by George H. Fellowes Prynne, the architect who restored the church in 1895-1897 [source: www.wilfrid.com/people/felowwes_prynne.htm]. [cf. Index entry for Payhembury No. 2 for a holy-water stoup listed for this church]
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
LID INFORMATION
Date: 1895-1897 / Modern
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
REFERENCES
- Pevsner, Nikolaus, South Devon, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1952, p. 226
- Stabb, John, Some old Devon churches, their roods, pulpits, fonts, etc., London: Simkin, [et al.], 1908-1916, p. 180