Lawhitton No. 1 / Lanwithon / Languiton

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 "hard Hicks Mill greystone", though a later entry in the same source identifyes the stone as 'Polyphant': "Porch has inner doorway and stoup of Polyphant stone. Square Norm[an] font with heads at angles is of same material." Noted in Pevsner (1970): "Font. Norman, of Altarnun type, but with unbearded corner faces." The font at Lezant [cf. Index entry] is similar but has had the corner heads trimmed off.