Piscina / Stoup - St Bridget - Bridgerule, Devon - Stone Church Artefacts on Waymarking.com

A piscina / stoup in the south porch of St Bridget's church, Bridgerule.

"The piscina stands on a plain round limestone pillar in the porch. It is roughly square, and in the form of a simple capital, with carved faces above a torus.

Face 1. Only half of the surface is carved. This has a volute and then a flat leaf extending to the R angle.

Face 2. Carved with a symmetrical foliate design. At the centre a small arrow-headed leaf, followed by two narrow straight leaves which terminate in volutes which curl over the central leaf. Following this is a round-headed leaf with a central vein and then outer plain leaves extending to the angles.

Face 3. Carved with a 'tree' with four branches terminating in volutes, and two outer plain leaves extending to the angles.

The interior of the bowl tapers inward toward the base.

Of creamy limestone. There is some damage to the undecorated face."

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"The village of Bridgerule lies adjacent to the Cornish border, near to Holsworthy in the County of Devon, and Bude in Cornwall. It lies on both sides of the Tamar Valley. The western side lies close to the Bude Canal and was in Cornwall until 1844 when the county boundary was adjusted to bring both Western and Eastern Bridgerule into Devon.

Most of the homes in the village, the Shop, Pub and Parish Hall are to the west of the Tamar while the Parish Church, Methodist Chapel and Primary School are across the Tamar in the eastern area. There are also hamlets of Borough and Merrifield. The two halves of the parish were finally combined into one in 1950.

The Parish Church, dedicated to St Bridget and restored in 1878, has a tower of Ashlar granite, wagon roof, modern screen and very early Norman font. The Norman manor of Tackbear has plaster overmantels and woodwork dated 1693. The name Bridgerule is thought to be derived from Ruald who held the manor in the Domesday Book."

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