Widecombe in the Moor / Widdecombe / Withecombe
Image copyright © Trish Steel, 2008
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design element - motifs - moulding - graded
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Trish Steel, 2008
Image Source: digital photograph 17 August 2008 by Trish Steel [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/937820] [accessed 12 December 2021]
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design element - architectural - arch-head - trefoiled - 8
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2021
Image Source: digital photograph 27 July 2021 by Colin Smith
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 11 December 2021)
view of font in context - east side
Scene Description: Source caption: "Font, St Pancras Church, Widecombe-in-the-Moor. The church has an ancient font, octagonal in shape."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Trish Steel, 2008
Image Source: digital photograph 17 August 2008 by Trish Steel [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/937820] [accessed 12 December 2021]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0
view of font in context - west side
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2021
Image Source: digital photograph 27 July 2021 by Colin Smith
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 11 December 2021)
design element - motifs - moulding - graded
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Trish Steel, 2008
Image Source: digital photograph 17 August 2008 by Trish Steel [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/937820] [accessed 12 December 2021]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0
design element - patterns - piping or ribbed
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Trish Steel, 2008
Image Source: digital photograph 17 August 2008 by Trish Steel [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/937820] [accessed 12 December 2021]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0
INFORMATION
Font ID: 10782WID
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century / 19th century, Perpendicular? / Modern?
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Pancras [aka Cathedral of the Moor]
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, centre nave, W end
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Pancras of Rome [aka Pancrace, Pancratius]
Church Notes: 14thC church in the Perpendicular style; modfied 15th and 16thC;
Church Address: Widecombe in the Moor, Newton Abbot TQ13 7TA, UK
Site Location: Cornwall, South West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off the B3387, 10 km WNW of Ashburton, in the Dartmoo National Park
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Exeter
Font Notes:
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No entry found for Widecombe in the Domesday survey. Baptismal font consisting of an octagonal basin with vertical sides decorated with trefoil-headed panels; graded underbowl chamfer, raised on an octagonal stem with piping pattern, and octagonal lower base with graded mouldings; plain octagonal plinth. No cover present. The font, made of local granite, appears modern, but may be from the 15th century [NB: the font is not mentioned in Stabb (1908- ), Pevsner (1952) or Hoskins (1954)]
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Colin Smith for his photographs of this church and font
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 442584 5603079
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 50.5768, -3.8109
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 50° 34′ 36.48″ N, 3° 48′ 39.24″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, granite (local)
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal