East Allington nr. Knightsbridge No. 2

INFORMATION

Font ID: 14214ALL
Object Type: Stoup
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century, Perpendicular
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Andrew
Font Location in Church: In the S porch
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Andrew
Church Address: Church Hill, East Allington, Totnes TQ9 7RE, United Kingdom
Site Location: Devon, South West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off the A381, 6 km SE of Knightsbridge. 6 km E of Lodiswell
Font Notes:
Stabb (1908) reports a holy-water stoup of the Perpendicular period in the south porch. The entry for this church in Historic Egnalnd [Listing NGR: SX7697248353] notes: "Parish church. Probably C13 origins, enlarged in C14, enlarged again and remodelled in early C16 and restored in mid C19 by William Cubitt and reopened in 1875 [...] The marble font is circa 1900"; no stoup mentioned in the entry.

COORDINATES

UTM: 30U 447790 5574097
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 50.316667, -3.733333
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 50° 19′ 0″ N, 3° 44′ 0″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: wall-mounted

REFERENCES

  • Stabb, John, Some old Devon churches, their roods, pulpits, fonts, etc., London: Simkin, [et al.], 1908-1916, p. 93