Cadbury nr. Tiverton

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BBL01: design element - motifs - scallop - 12

[cf. Font notes]
Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]

INFORMATION

FontID: 14201CAD
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Michael
Church Patron Saints: St. Michael
Country Name: England
Location: Devon, South West
Directions to Site: Located 10 km SW of Tiverton
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 12th century, Norman
Cognate Fonts: the fonts at Christow and Nether Exe, also in Devon
Font Notes:
White's Directory (1878) reports a Norman font in this church. In Pevsner (1952): "Norman font, square on four big scallops on each side (cf. Nether Exe)".

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: square (mounted)
Basin Exterior Shape: square

REFERENCES

Pevsner, Nikolaus, South Devon, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1952
White, William, History, Gazetteer and Directory of the County of Devon including the city of Exeter [...], Sheffield: William White, 1878-1879