Shillingford St. George
Results: 12 records
B01: design element - architectural - window - trefoiled - 16?
Scene Description: two narrow ones framing each of the motifs/symbols of the octagonal basin
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Roger Peters, 2005
Image Source: Roger Peters [www.wissensdrang.com]
Copyright Instructions: Permission received (email of 9 January 2005)
B02: design element - motifs - tracery
Scene Description: on some of the panels of the basin
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Roger Peters, 2005
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Copyright Instructions: Permission received (email of 9 January 2005)
BBL01: design element - motifs - moulding
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Roger Peters, 2005
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Copyright Instructions: Permission received (email of 9 January 2005)
BBU01: design element - motifs - moulding
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Roger Peters, 2005
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BU01: symbol - shield - blank - 8
Scene Description: one on each side of the concave underbowl
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LB01: design element - architectural - window - trefoiled - 8
Scene Description: a tall blank trefoil window on each panel of the stem
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LB02: design element - motifs - moulding
Scene Description: on the lower base
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Roger Peters, 2005
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Copyright Instructions: Permission received (email of 9 January 2005)
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Roger Peters, 2005
Image Source: Roger Peters [www.wissensdrang.com]
Copyright Instructions: Permission received (email of 9 January 2005)
INFORMATION
Font ID: 10580SHI
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century, Perpendicular
Workshop/Group/Artisan: heraldic font
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. George
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, W end of the nave
Church Patron Saint(s): St. George
Site Location: Devon, South West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located just SW of Exeter
Font Notes:
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Stabb (1908) writes: "There is a font [...] at the west end of the church with shields bearing arms, on the west side, Courtenay; on the south, Huddersfield; on the north, three fish in a circle, holding each others tails, possibly representing the Holy Trinity; on the east, Huddersfield. The font is probably late 15th century in date." The font consists of an octagonal basin raised on a pedestal base and plinth; the sides of the basin, framed by mouldings at the upper and lower rims, have panels with individual motifs set between two Ogee windows in each side; as indicated in Stabb above, every other panel has a coat of arms, while the remaining panels have tracery motifs; the underbowl is concave, each side decorated with a blank shield; the setm of the base has blank trefoil windows, one on each side; the lower base is moulded nut otherwise plain; the plinth is octagonal and plain. Flat wooden cover, looks modern, with knob finial/handle.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Dr. Roger Peters, of www.wissensdrang.com, for his permission to use the transcription of and images from Stabb (1908).
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
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, p. 206 and pl. 206b