Whimple

Image copyright © Parish Church of Whimple, 1985

Image and permission received from David H. Smith, curator (email of 14 April 2009)

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B01: design element - motifs - trefoil - 32

Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Parish Church of Whimple, 1985

Image Source: grayscale detail of a photograph taken in 1985 by NADFAS for the Parish

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from David H. Smith, curator (email of 14 April 2009)

BBU01: design element - motifs - foliage

Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Parish Church of Whimple, 1985

Image Source: grayscale detail of a photograph taken in 1985 by NADFAS for the Parish

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from David H. Smith, curator (email of 14 April 2009)

BU01: design element - motifs - moulding - graded

Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Parish Church of Whimple, 1985

Image Source: grayscale detail of a photograph taken in 1985 by NADFAS for the Parish

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from David H. Smith, curator (email of 14 April 2009)

LB01: design element - architectural - arch or window - trefoiled - 8

Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Parish Church of Whimple, 1985

Image Source: grayscale detail of a photograph taken in 1985 by NADFAS for the Parish

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from David H. Smith, curator (email of 14 April 2009)

R01: design element - motifs - moulding - parallel - 2

Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Parish Church of Whimple, 1985

Image Source: grayscale detail of a photograph taken in 1985 by NADFAS for the Parish

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from David H. Smith, curator (email of 14 April 2009)

information

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Parish Church of Whimple, 1985

Image Source: information prepared by NADFAS in 1985

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from David H. Smith, curator (email of 14 April 2009)

view of font and cover

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Parish Church of Whimple, 1985

Image Source: photograph taken in 1985 by NADFAS for the Parish

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from David H. Smith, curator (email of 14 April 2009)

INFORMATION

FontID: 14336WHI
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Mary
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Country Name: England
Location: Devon, South West
Directions to Site: Located 7 km WNW of Ottery St. Mary
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the W end of the nave, S side
Century and Period: 15th - 16th century, Perpendicular
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to David H. Smith, curator, Whimple Local History Group, for the information on, and photograph of this font
There is no mention of the font in Stabb (1908- ), Pevsner (1952) or Hoskins (1954). The baptismal font consists of an octagonal basin decorated with a band of varid leaf motif in pairs, all around just under the upper rim moulding; each of the square panels on the sides is made up of four trefoils; the underbowl chamfer is decorated with a number of mouldings in a torus-scotia arrangement; the basin is raised on an octagonal pedestal base, the stem with vertical sides in which are trefoil-headed arches or windows; the lower base is octagonal and splayed. The wooden cover is octagonal and flat. The condition of the font is worn but reasonable, with some minor damage [NB: recent information on this font is from a survey of the church prepared by NADFS in 1985 and made available to BSI by the Parish].

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, Bath stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Drainage Notes: no lining
Diameter (includes rim): 72.5 cm*
Basin Total Height: 48 cm*
Height of Base: 58.5 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 106 cm [calculated]
Font Height (with Plinth): 121 cm* [includes plinth of 15 cm*]
Notes on Measurements: * [measurements in the NADFAS survey report -- cf. FontNotes]

LID INFORMATION

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