Combe Raleigh / Combe Rawleigh / Comb Ralegh / Combrawleigh / Otri
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design element - architectural - arch or window - trefoiled - 8
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design element - motifs - floral - in a quatrefoil - in a circle - 8
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design element - motifs - floral or foliage - in a quatrefoil - 8
Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]
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view of basin and cover
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view of church exterior - southeast view
Scene Description: Source caption: "St Nicholas church, Combe Raleigh. Much of the church is constructed the local flint, an unusual stone to find in ecclesiastical buildings in Devon. The tower staircase which extends above the top of the tower is a notable feature. On the left is an old churchyard yew"
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view of church interior - nave - looking east
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INFORMATION
FontID: 14219COM
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Nicholas
Church Patron Saints: St. Nicholas of Myra
Church Location: Combe Raleigh, Devon, EX14 4TH, UK
Country Name: England
Location: Devon, South West
Directions to Site: Located off the A30, 3 km NNW of Honiton
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Exeter
Historical Region: Hundred of Axminster
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the W end of the nave, S side
Century and Period: 15th century (early?) / 19th century, Perpendicular? / Victorian?
There is an entry for Combe Raleigh [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/ST1502/combe-raleigh/] [accessed 28 November 2017], but it mentions neither priest nor church in it. The National Monument Record, English Heritage [http://viewfinder.english-heritage.org.uk] has two photographs that include the baptismal font; one [Ref. No. BB98/06388] is captioned: "An interior view of the church looking towards the east window and altar. The font in the foreground"; the second, [Ref. No. BB98/06386] shows the font by itself. The baptismal font consists of an octagonal basin the sides of which are deeply carved with floral motifs inscribed in quatrefoil panels; the underbowl is decorated with uncommon foliage (?) motifs with elongated stems; the octagonal stem has trefoil-headed niches on the sides; the octagonal plinth appears modern. The font is not mentioned in either Pevsner (1952) or Hoskins (1954). [NB: the basin appears too sharp for a 500-year-old font; is this Victorian version of a Perpendicular font?]
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal:
50.814384,
-3.195686
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS:
50° 48′ 51.78″ N,
3° 11′ 44.47″ W
UTM: 30U 486214 5629202
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Drainage Notes: lead-lined
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern?
Material:
wood,
oak?
Notes: octagonal pyramidal cover with open-work sides on pill-box base; appears modern