Dunchideock / Dunsedoc

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 14233DUN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: ca. 1400?
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century (early?), Perpendicular
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Michael and All Angels, Dunchideock
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Michael & All Angels
Church Address: Dunchideock, Exeter EX2 9UA, United Kingdom -- Tel.: +44 1626 853241
Site Location: Devon, South West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off (W) the A30 / A379, 6-7 km SW of Exeter
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Exeter
Historical Region: Hundred of Exminster [in Domesday]
Font Notes:
Not mentioned in Stabb (1908- ). Described in Pevsner (1952): "Font. Octagonal, Perp[endicular], with two small quatrefoil panels to each side and traceried pillar." Noted in Hoskins (1954) as a good font of ca. 1400.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

REFERENCES

  • Hoskins, William George, Devon, London: Collins, 1954, [cited in http://www.devon.gov.uk/localstudies/110258/1.html [accessed 26 January 2009]]
  • Pevsner, Nikolaus, South Devon, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1952, p. 122