Willand
Image copyright © Pete Towsend, 2009
Image and permission received (e-mail of 20 March 2009)
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LB01: design element - motifs - spur - 4
Scene Description: of the angular type and location that makes the square pedestal octagonal at the bottom
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pete Towsend, 2009
Image Source: detail of a digital photograph taken 19 March 2009 by Pete Towsend
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 20 March 2009)
view of basin
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pete Towsend, 2009
Image Source: detail of a digital photograph taken 19 March 2009 by Pete Towsend
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 20 March 2009)
view of basin - interior
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pete Towsend, 2009
Image Source: digital photograph taken 19 March 2009 by Pete Towsend
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 20 March 2009)
view of font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pete Towsend, 2009
Image Source: digital photograph taken 19 March 2009 by Pete Towsend
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 20 March 2009)
INFORMATION
FontID: 14339WIL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Mary the Virgin
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Country Name: England
Location: Devon, South West
Directions to Site: Located off the B3181, 11-12 km S of Tiverton
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 14th century, Decorated
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pete Towsend, of Willand, Devon, for the photographs of this font
Font Notes:
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Extract from a booklet of the history of Willand church [kindly supplied by Pete Towsend, of Willand, Devon: "The font, plain and octagonal, is of red volcanic tufa, (or tuff) a rather porous stone. The bowl, somewhat worn away underneath, does not quite fit the supporting shaft or pedestal, which has small spurs at the base, and is of a different type of stone, also worn away in places. The general impression of this old font is that the bowl and pedestal have been
separated at some time or other, and not re-assembled as symmetrically as possible." Not mentioned in Stabb (1908- ), Pevsner (1952) or Hoskins (1954) [NB: we have no information on this font; the present church is probably 14th-century there may have been an older church here belonging to Taunton Priory].
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, tufa / tuff
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Drainage Notes: not lined