Throwleigh / Throwley

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 14330THR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century, Perpendicular
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St.. Mary
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Site Location: Devon, South West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located 10-11 km ESE of Okehampton
Font Notes:
Noted in Pevsner (1952): "Font. Perp[endicular] on a heavy moulded pillar with low bowl with compressed quatrefoil decoration." The Parish web site [http://www.throwleigh.org/] [accessed 17 March 2009] notes: "Granite font is C15; plain octagonal bowl with moulded stem and plinth and has C19 or C20 oak cover."

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

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

LID INFORMATION

Date: 19th - 20th-century
Material: wood, oak
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]

REFERENCES

  • Pevsner, Nikolaus, South Devon, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1952, p. 282