Exford

Results: 2 records

B01: design element - motifs - floral - in a quatrefoil

[cf. Font notes]
Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]

UB01: design element - architectural - arch - Ogee

[cf. Font notes]
Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]

INFORMATION

FontID: 15349EXF
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Mary Magdalene
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary Magdalene
Country Name: England
Location: Somerset, South West
Directions to Site: Located between Barnstaple and Bridgwater
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Bath & Wells
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 15th century, Perpendicular
Font Notes:
Described in Pevsner (1958): "Octagonal, Perp[endicular], with a stem with panels containing ogee arches addorsed and affronted; bowl with quatrefoils with leaves, etc." Noted in 'Everything Exmoor' [http://everythingexmoor.org.uk/page.php?id=300] [accessed 18 September 2009]: "The font is [a] good example of Perpendicular work." The England's Past for Everyone web site [http://www.englandspastforeveryone.org.uk/Counties/Exmoor/Projects/SettlementOfExmoor/Items/Exford_church?Session/@id=D_trHDVh5kWaLyETq6Dl6h] [accessed 18 September 2009] notes: "The church was largely refitted in the 1920s but retains its late medieval font".

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

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

REFERENCES

Pevsner, Nikolaus, South and West Somerset, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1958