Sampford Spiney / Sanford

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Results: 11 records

design element - architectural - arch or window - trefoiled - 8

Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]

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design element - motifs - moulding

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design element - motifs - moulding

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design element - motifs - moulding

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design element - motifs - moulding

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symbol - shield - emblem - cross - 4

Scene Description: alternating with saltire crosses in shields

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symbol - shield - emblem - cross - saltire - 4

Scene Description: alternating with [St. George's] crosses in shields

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view of church exterior - south view

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view of font and cover

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view of font and cover in context

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view of font and cover in context

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Legendary Dartmoor, 2018

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INFORMATION

FontID: 14301SAM
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Mary
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Church Location: Sampford Spiney, Somerset PL20 6JF , UK -- Tel.: 01822854653
Country Name: England
Location: Devon, South West
Directions to Site: Located off (S) the B3357, 6 km ESE of Tavistock, on the verge of Dartmoor
Historical Region: Hundred of Williton -- Hundred of Roborough [in Domesday]
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the N transept or chapel
Century and Period: 14th century, Decorated? / Early Perpendicular?
Workshop/Group/Artisan: heraldic font
There is an entry for Sampford [Spiney] [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/SX5372/sampford-spiney/] [accessed 2 April 2018], but it mentions neither cleric nor church in it. The entry for this church in the British Listed Buildings [Listing NGR: SX5342472471] reports: "octagonal granite font in transept of C14, with shields to sides and stem with recessed panels on moulded octagonal base". The Legendary Dartmoor site [www.legendarydartmoor.co.uk/samp_church.htm] [accessed 2 April 2018] notes: "The granite font dates to the sixteenth century and has panels depicting shields with various crosses carved on them". Baptismal font consisting of an octagonal basin with vertical sides decorated with charged shields between a triple band of mouldings; the tall chamfer appears plain, down to a moulding at its lower end;octagonal stem decorated with trefoil-headed niches or arches; moulded lower base, also octagonal. The wooden cover is round and flat; it appears modern.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 50.5334, -4.069
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 50° 32′ 0.24″ N, 4° 4′ 8.4″ W
UTM: 30U 424240 5598485

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

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

LID INFORMATION

Date: modern?
Material: wood,
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]