Zennor No. 1

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]