Sandford nr. Crediton
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view of font and cover in context
Scene Description: The top of the basin and cover are visible on the bottom left corner of the image
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Roger Peters, 2005
Image Source: Roger Peters [www.wissensdrang.com]
Copyright Instructions: Permission received (email of 9 January 2005)
INFORMATION
FontID: 10579SAN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Swithin
Church Patron Saints: St. Swithun [aka Swithin]
Country Name: England
Location: Devon, South West
Directions to Site: Located off the A377, just N of Crediton
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the W end of the centre nave
Font Notes:
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Octagonal baptismal font with vertical decorated sides; appears in one of Stabb's church-interior photos of ca. 1908, but it is not mentioned in the text.
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
REFERENCES
Stabb, John, Some old Devon churches, their roods, pulpits, fonts, etc., London: Simkin, [et al.], 1908-1916