Rockbeare
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 10578ROC
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century, Perpendicular
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Mary with St. Andrew
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin & St. Andrew
Site Location: Devon, South West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located on the A30, 5-6 km E of Exeter
Additional Comments: recycled font: original basin on a modern base
Font Notes:
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Noted in Stabb (1908): "The font is octagonal, on a modern base" [lower base?]. In Pevsner (1952): "Nice, octagonal, Perp[endicular] with the customary quatrefoil panels, and with blank tracery on the pillar."
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, p. 194