Puddington
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 10569PUD
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century, Perpendicular
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Thomas à Becket
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Thomas of Canterbury [aka St. Thomas à Becket]
Site Location: Devon, South West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located 11 km N of Crediton, 13 km SW of Tiverton
Font Notes:
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Noted in Pevsner (1952): Font. Octagonal, Perp, with panelling on shaft and quatrefoils on bowl." The village web site [www.puddington-village.net] writes: "The font is thought to be 15th century with a later unusual steepled cover in open ironwork."
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
REFERENCES
- Pevsner, Nikolaus, North Devon, Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1952, p. 138