Sheviock No. 1 / Shevioc

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 01506SHE
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century, Early English
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, on the N side of the S nave, opposite the S entrance
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Church Address: Sheviock, Torpoint PL11 3EH, United Kingdom -- Tel.: +44 1752 815412
Site Location: Cornwall, South West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located on the A374, 6-7 km W of Torpoint
Font Notes:
Listed in Cox & Harvey (1907) as a baptismal font of the Early English period. Cox (1912) notes: "Font of same date [i.e., as the tower, 13th century] is a plain circular example standing 37 in. high, with diameter of 24 in." Pevsner (1970) notes: "Font. Plain, circular, C13." The font is indeed unremarkable, consisting of an almost cylindrical basin, plain but for a groove or scotia below the rim; it is raised on a cylindrical column with mouldings at both ends, and a polygonal plinth; the flat wooden cover appears modern. [cf. Index entry for Shevioc No. 2 for a noteworthy stoup in this same church]

COORDINATES

UTM: 30U 408054 5580870
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 50.3727, -4.293
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 50° 22′ 21.72″ N, 4° 17′ 34.8″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, type unknown
Font Shape: round, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Diameter (includes rim): 60 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 92.5 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * [in inches in Cox (1912)]

LID INFORMATION

Date: modern?
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]

REFERENCES

  • Cox, John Charles, Cornwall, London: George Allen & Company, 1912, p. 18, 212
  • Cox, John Charles, English Church Furniture, New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1907, p. 193
  • Pevsner, Nikolaus, Cornwall, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1970, p. 213