Plymouth No. 5 / Crownhill

INFORMATION

Font ID: 14299PLY
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: Medieval [composite]
Church / Chapel Name: Garrison Church of St. Alban's [aka St. Michael's]
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Alban [aka Albanus]
Site Location: Devon, South West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: In the Crownhill or Pluimer Barracks, on the road from Plymouth to Tavistock
Additional Comments: recycled font / abandoned font / moven font / disused font / composite font
Font Notes:
The Encyclopaedia of Plymouth History [http://plymouthdata.info/Churches-Anglican-St%20Alban-Garrison.htm] [accessed 4 March 2009] notes: "Although it was built for the garrison, the inhabitants of what was at that time called Knackersnowle were invited by the chaplain to use join in as there was no regular priest at the chapel-of-ease of Holy Trinity and the parish churches of St Budeaux and St Edward were some distance away […] The font was an ancient one that had been found lying around somewhere in St Budeaux parish. It was cleaned up and placed on a solid granite pedestal and placed by the Royal Engineers in the school section of the building. It was duly dedicated to the Glory of God at a special parade service on Sunday July 21st 1901." [cf. Index entry for St. Budeaux]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone