Mullion No. 1 / St. Mullion / Saint Mullion

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B01: design element - architectural - arcade - blind - trefoiled arches

on all sides of the basin except one which is decorated with a serpent
Scene Description: on all sides of the basin except one which is decorated with a serpent
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Cornish Churches, [2005?]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission

view of font and cover

Font image
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Cornish Churches, [2005?]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission

INFORMATION

Font ID: 01523MUL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century? / 14th - 15th century?, Perpendicular
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Mullion
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mellanus [aka Maliane, Melanus, Melina, Mullion? Mullins? Moling?]
Church Address: 2 Churchtown, Mullion, Helston TR12 7HQ, United Kingdom
Site Location: Cornwall, South West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located on the B3296, 11-12 km S of Helston (dir. Lizard Point)
Font Notes:
Described in Blight (1862): "The font is octagonal, with panelled sides. On one side the lower part of the bowl is not bevelled, like the others, but the stone extends downwards to the shaft, as if the font had been left in an unfinished state, or had been built against wall or pillar." Listed in Cox & Harvey (1907) and in Cox (1912) as a baptismal font of the Perpendicular period; Cox (ibid.) describes it as "octagonal panelled font, a good 15th cent, example". Noted in Pevsner (1970): "Font: C13, octagonal, three of the sides with two very shallow blank trefoiled arcades, the fourth with a serpent motif." [cf. Index entry for Mullion No. 2 for a holy-water stoup listed for this church]

COORDINATES

UTM: 30U 339329 5544051
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 50.027069, -5.24327
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 50° 1′ 37.45″ N, 5° 14′ 35.77″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

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

LID INFORMATION

Date: modern?
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: octagonal and flat; appears modern

REFERENCES

  • Blight, John Thomas, "Cornish churches [pt. 4]", 213, July 1862, The Gentleman's Magazine: or, Trader's monthly intelligencer, 1862, pp. 21-31; p. 30
  • Cox, John Charles, Cornwall, London: George Allen & Company, 1912, p. 184
  • Cox, John Charles, English Church Furniture, New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1907, p. 193
  • Pevsner, Nikolaus, Cornwall, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1970, p. 124