Laneast / Lanneyst

Noted in Lysons (1806-1833) as one of a group of remarkable fonts in this county, "all nearly alike, being square at the top, with human heads at the corners, and circles inclosing [sic] stars on the sides, supported by serpents, &c." Noted in 'On the ancient stone fonts of Cornwall' (1851): "a very handsome Norman font. [An excellent representation of this Font has been published by the Oxford Architectural Society, on a sheet.]" Described and illustrated in Fryer (1901) as a Norman Transitional font. Listed in Cox & Harvey (1907) as a baptismal font of the Norman Transitional period, as described in Fryer [cf. supra]; the font has squared-top bowl with heads at the angles and large petalled medallions on the sides. Cox (1912) lists this as one of a group of Cornish fonts made from Dorsetshire Purbeck limestone: "Square font is Norm[an] ; circle ornaments on sides of bowl, star mouldings round rim, and 3 heads at angles; fourth corner carved with a later leaf. Restored with care in 1848." Noted in Pevsner (1970): "Font. Norman, of Altarnun-St-Thomas-Launceston type, that is with faces at the corners and stylized six-petalled flowers in circles on the four sides (cf. also Jacobstow, Warbstow, Landrake.)" Illustrated in A Snap in Time [http://www.caerkief.co.uk/Churches/Laneast.html] [accessed 17 November 2009].