Lansallos No. 1 / Lansalwys

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 01470LAN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century [basin only], Medieval [composite]
Cognate Fonts: Lanteglos, St Cleer, St Martin, all in Cornwall.
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Ildierna / St. Salwys?
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Ildierna? / St. Salwys?
Church Address: Lantic Bay, Lansallos, Looe PL13 2PX, United Kingdom -- Tel.: +44 1726 870146
Site Location: Cornwall, South West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located to the E of Fowey, just W of Polperro, in the Gribbin Head-Polperro Heritage Coast
Font Notes:
Described in Cox & Harvey (1907) as a baptismal font of the late Norman period, a square basin supported on five shafts, like those at Lanteglos, St Cleer and St Martin. Cox (1912) adds: "curiously carved, but 5 supporting shafts are modern". Noted in Pevsner (1970): "Font. Norman, square, with 'Tree of Life' and odd feur-de-lis ornament." K. Wasley's page on Lansallos [http://homepages.tesco.net/~k.wasley/lansallos.htm] [accessed 18 November 2009] notes: "The font comes from the earlier Norman Church. The marble pillars supporting it are Georgian, an anachronism, but rather a charming one in effect. Behind the font is the oldest monument in the church-half a Celtic font buried in a field at Highertown Farm. It may have been the original font that St. Salwys used over eleven hundred years ago."

COORDINATES

UTM: 30U 388312 5577124
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 50.335611, -4.569417
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 50° 20′ 8.2″ N, 4° 34′ 9.9″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, type unknown
Font Shape: square, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: square

REFERENCES

  • Cox, John Charles, Cornwall, London: George Allen & Company, 1912, p. 144
  • Cox, John Charles, English Church Furniture, New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1907, p. 191, 193
  • Pevsner, Nikolaus, Cornwall, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1970, p. 93