Harpford

Described and illustrated in 1876 in Hutchinson's diaries and sketchbooks (2010): the basin is described by Hutchinson as "an ugly eight-sided basin of Beer stone"; it is octagonal with rounded sides and underbowl, on a plain cylindrical stem; the square lower base has the type of mouldings at the top found in bases used in five-support fonts [was this originally from such a font?] The wooden cover is an octagonal dome. Derrick's Devonshire Church Album [http://www.rca.ukhq.co.uk/temples/church/dev-harpford-s.html] [accessed 3 February 2009] notes: "The round font bowl is mounted on a Norman pillar". There is no mention of a font in Stabb (1908- ) or in Pevsner (1952). The entry for this church in Historic England [Listing NGR: SY0908490329] notes: "Parish Church. Norman font [...] The base of the font is Norman. It has a C19 square bowl of Beerstone and the 4 corner columns of marble are contemporary. The circular sandstone stem and moulded base, however, are Norman."