Combe Raleigh / Combe Rawleigh / Comb Ralegh / Combrawleigh / Otri
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design element - motifs - floral - in a quatrefoil - in a circle - 8
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Derek Harper, 2012
Image Source: digital photograph taken 26 January 2012 by Derek Harper [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2785657] [accessed 28 November 2017]
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view of basin and cover
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Derek Harper, 2012
Image Source: digital photograph taken 26 January 2012 by Derek Harper [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2785657] [accessed 28 November 2017]
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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"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © David Smith, 2012
Image Source: digital photograph taken 28 November 2012 by David Smith [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3242619] [accessed 28 November 2012]
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view of church interior - nave - looking east
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Roger Cornfoot, 2017
Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 March 2017 by Roger Cornfoot [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5321342] [accessed 28 November 2017]
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design element - motifs - floral or foliage - in a quatrefoil - 8
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Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © English Heritage, National Monuments Record, 2009
Image Source: B&W photograph in [http://viewfinder.english-heritage.org.uk/search/reference.aspx?uid=86204&index=60&mainQuery=combe%20raleigh&searchType=all&form=home] [accessed 19 January 2009]
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design element - architectural - arch or window - trefoiled - 8
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © English Heritage, National Monuments Record, 2009
Image Source: B&W photograph in [http://viewfinder.english-heritage.org.uk/search/reference.aspx?uid=86204&index=60&mainQuery=combe%20raleigh&searchType=all&form=home] [accessed 19 January 2009]
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 14219COM
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century (early?) / 19th century, Perpendicular? / Victorian?
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Nicholas
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the W end of the nave, S side
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Nicholas of Myra
Church Address: Combe Raleigh, Devon, EX14 4TH, UK
Site Location: Devon, South West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off the A30, 3 km NNW of Honiton
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Exeter
Historical Region: Hundred of Axminster
Font Notes:
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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
UTM: 30U 486214 5629202
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 50.814384, -3.195686
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 50° 48′ 51.78″ N, 3° 11′ 44.47″ W
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