East Portlemouth
INFORMATION
Font ID: 14237POR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century (mid?), Perpendicular
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Winwaloe, East Portlemouth
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the W end of the N aisle, by the N entrance
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Winwaloe [aka Guénolé de Landévennec, Grimolay, Guignolet, Gwenole, Guingalan, Guingalois, Guinglin, Guingualoeus, Guingaloué, Gwenole, Gwennole, Uuingualoeus, Walloy, Winnoc, Winwallus, Winwaloeus] / St. Lanty
Church Address: East Portlemouth, Salcombe TQ8 8PF, United Kingdom -- Tel.: +44 1548 842330
Site Location: Devon, South West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located 8 km S of Kingsbridge, across the bay from Salcombe, E shore of the estuary
Font Notes:
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Not mentioned in Stabb (1908- ) or in Hoskins (1954). Noted in Pevsner (1952): "Foint. Perp[endicular], octagonal, plain." The church leadlet informs: "Entering the church, the baptismal font is on the right; mid-late 15th century, not Saxon as sometimes suggested" [NB: this church has a north porch and entrance]
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
REFERENCES
- Pevsner, Nikolaus, South Devon, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1952, p. 126