St. Michael nr. St. Minver / Saint Michael / Rock Church

INFORMATION

Font ID: 01495MIC
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century, Norman
Cognate Fonts: a similar font at nearby St. Enodoc
Church / Chapel Name: Chapel of St. Michael
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Michael
Church Address: St Michael, Porthilly, Rock, Wadebridge PL27 6LW, UK -- Tel.: +44 7758 407661
Site Location: Cornwall, South West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located between Wadebridge and St. Enodoc, near St. Minver, across the Camel estuary from Padstow
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Truro
Font Notes:
Murray's Handbook for travellers […] (1865) describes "a small chapel on the sandy shore of Padstow harbour, called St. Michael or the Rock Church; it is in most features like St. Enodoc Ch[urch], but without tower and spire. The font is almost exactly the same". A Norman font is listed in Cox & Harvey (1907: 193) in "St. Michael", Cornwall. The entry for this medieval chapel in British Listed Buildings [https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1006664] [accessed 10 February 2020] mentions no font in it. [***NB: THIS MEY BE THE SAME FONT AST THE ONE LISTED IN BSI UNDER ST PORTHILLY [Font ID: 10876POR]]

COORDINATES

UTM: 30U 364381 5600578
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 4° 54′ 50.4″ W, -4.914
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 50° 32′ 29.04″ N, 4° 54′ 50.4″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

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

REFERENCES

  • Cox, John Charles, English Church Furniture, New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1907, p. 193
  • Murray, John, A handbook for travellers in Devon and Cornwall, London: John Murray, 1865, p. 225 / [http://books.google.ca/books?id=V_YGAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA58&lpg=PA58&dq=%22roborough+stone%22&source=bl&ots=2ZhOkO8ZIn&sig=RriwKcw-zwLPfFdGUaHE7WccPgU&hl=en&ei=QRWkSZHXMYjTnQe2ud2pBQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=7&ct=result#PPR5,M1] [accessed 24 February 2009]