Salcombe nr. Kingsbridge
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Image Source: detail of a photograph taken in 2004 by Judy Gauthier
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Image Source: detail of a photograph taken in 2004 by Judy Gauthier
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view of church exterior - west end
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Image Source: photograph taken in 2004 by Judy Gauthier
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view of church interior - nave - looking east
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Jufy Gauthier, 2009
Image Source: detail of a photograph taken in 2004 by Judy Gauthier
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 19 January 2009)
INFORMATION
Font ID: 14215SAL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: ca. 1401?
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century (early?), Perpendicular
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of the Holy Trinity, Salcombe
Church Patron Saint(s): The Holy Trinity
Church Address: Church St, Salcombe TQ8 8DH, United Kingdom -- Tel.: +44 1548 842626
Site Location: Devon, South West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located on A281, 11 km SSE of Kingsbridge
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Exeter
Additional Comments: disappeared font?
Font Notes:
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Pevsner (1952) writes: "Octagonal of the usual Perp[endicular] type; but the ornamentation looks as if it might be C17." The entry for this church in Historic England [https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1212759?section=official-list-entry] [accessed 4 July 2025] notes: "II* Buttressed Church of 1843 [...] tall crocketted font cover to an octagonal stone font with quatrefoils on the stem with shafts". The Parish web site [http://www.salcombechurch.co.uk/] [accessed 18 January 2009] informs: " The Parish Church of Holy Trinity, Salcombe was consecrated to the Glory of God in April 1844. Salcombe’s first place of worship had been a chapel licensed in 1401 by Bishop Stafford and dedicated to St John the Baptist. The Chapel was rebuilt in 1801 but within a few years was considered too small for Salcombe’s growing population [...] The ornate font and the pulpit were carved by Rev. William Pinwill" [NB: we have no information on a possible font in the original chapel].
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Judy Gauthier for her photographs of church and modern font
LID INFORMATION
Date: 19th-century?
Material: wood
Apparatus: yes
Notes: [cf. ImagesArea]
REFERENCES
- Pevsner, Nikolaus, South Devon, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1952, p. 253