Torre nr. Torquay No. 2

INFORMATION

Font ID: 14323TOR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: ca. 1196?
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century (late?), Transitional
Church / Chapel Name: [Abbey] Church of the Holy Saviour, the Holy Trinity and the Blessed Virgin
Font Location in Church: [disappeared]
Church Patron Saint(s): Jesus Christ, Holy Trinity & St. Mary
Site Location: Devon, South West, England, United Kingdom
Additional Comments: disappeared font
Font Notes:
Oliver (1841) reports a church founded by the Premonstratensians ca. 1196 at Torre, and described as "richly furnished" in "Bishop Grandisson's letter, in vol. I of his Register, fo. 56". Oliver (ibid.) refers also to a classical poem entitled 'Ugbroke Park', by Revd. Joseph Reeve, which described the state of the abbey at the time: "Here stood the font--here on high columns rais'd" [NB: this is probably Revd. Joseph Reeve (1733-1820); for details see his entry in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/23299] [accessed 16 March 2009]]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

REFERENCES

  • Oliver, George, Historic collections relating to the monasteries of Devon, Exeter: P. A. Hannaford, 1841, p. 60 / [http://books.google.ca/books?id=6-AMAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA130&lpg=PA130&dq=slapton+church&source=bl&ots=7CsauHVST8&sig=wOUxN46aA6I96oODROniszHI67w&hl=en&ei=q2u-SdCHHo6qMo-TzaAI&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=9&ct=result#PPR4,M1] [accessed 16 March 2009]