Zennor No. 1

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B01: design element - motifs - quatrefoil - 8

one on each side of the octagonal basin
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B02: design element - architectural - column

stove-pipe like protruding at basin level
Scene Description: stove-pipe like protruding at basin level
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LB01: design element - motifs - roll moulding

on the capitals and bases of the colonnettes of the base
Scene Description: on the capitals and bases of the colonnettes of the base
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view of font and cover

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 01526ZEN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th - 15th century, Late Decorated? / Early Perpendicular?
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Senera
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Senara [aka Asenora, Senera, Sennar, Sennara, Sinara]
Church Address: Zennor, Saint Ives TR26 3BY, United Kingdom -- Tel.: +44 1736 741488
Site Location: Cornwall, South West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located on the B3306, 6-7 km SW of St. Ives
Font Notes:
Noted in 'On the ancient stone fonts of Cornwall' (1851) as a font of circa 1460: "it is much mutilated and clogged with whitewash; the bowl is ornamented with quatrefoils, and the shaft, which is square, has its edges chamfered. The plinth is square with round projections at the comers." Noted in Kelly's directories of 1856 and 1893 as a baptismal font of the Decorated period. Blight (1863) mentions "a good late Decorated font" in this church. Described in Polsue (1868): "The bowl of the font is octangular, the sides being ornamented with quatrefoil paneling; it rest on a square chamfered shaft, and a basement with circular projections at the angles." [source: transcription from West-Penwith Resources [http://west-penwith.org.uk/zennor2.htm]. Described in Matthews (1892): The font is coeval with the fabric, and of great beauty, though just at present (like the whole building) sadly in want of judicious repair)." [source: transcription from West-Penwith Resources [http://west-penwith.org.uk/ivesm4.htm#zennor]. Listed in Cox & Harvey (1907) as a baptismal font of the Perpendicular period. Noted in Cox (1912): "Octagonal 14th cent, font has quatrefoiled panels." Noted in Pevsner (1970): "Font. Octagonal on five supports, the four outer supports corbelling out like stove-pipes to make corner shafts of the bowl. The bowl decorated with quatrefoils which also extend behind the corner shafts. Difficult to date; probably rather late C13 than C14." [cf. Index entry for Zennor No. 2 for a font fragment said to be of the Norman period, and for Zennor No. 3 for an old tithe or grain measure is now used as holy-water stoup in ths church]

COORDINATES

UTM: 30U 316746 5563111
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 50.1918, -5.5674
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 50° 11′ 30.48″ N, 5° 34′ 2.64″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

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

REFERENCES

  • "On the ancient stone fonts of Cornwall: a communication", 83 (April 1851) / New Series no. 47, Ecclesiologist, 1851, pp. 96-102; p. 100
  • Blight, John Thomas, "Cornish churches [pt. 10]", [215], August 1863, The Gentleman's Magazine: or, Trader's monthly intelligencer, 1863, pp. 130-142; p. 135
  • Cox, John Charles, Cornwall, London: George Allen & Company, 1912, p. 246
  • Cox, John Charles, English Church Furniture, New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1907, p. 193
  • Kelly, Kelly's Directory of Cornwall, London: Kelly's Directories Ltd., 1856, [unavailable]
  • Matthews, John Hobson, A History of the parishes of St. Ives, Lelant, Towednack and Zennor, London: Elliot Stock, 1892, [unavailable]
  • Pevsner, Nikolaus, Cornwall, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1970, p. 242
  • Polsue, Joseph, A Compendium Of The History Of Cornwall, Truro; London: William Lake; John Camden Hotten, 1867-1872, [unavailable]