St. Enoder / St. Enoder / St. Enodor / Saint Enoder

Noted in Lysons (1806-1833) as one of a group of remarkable fonts in this county. Noted and illustrated in Upcott (1818) [with reference to Lyson]. Reported in 'On the ancient stone fonts of Cornwall' (1851) and in Clarke (1852) as a font of the Norman period. Described in Cox (1912): "Interesting circular Norm, font, of St. Stephen stone, has 4 heads and unusual basket-work design round rim." Described in Tyrrell-Green (1928) as a baptismal font ornamented with a patterned border and four human heads, one at each corner of the basin [T-G uses spelling "Enodor"]. Noted in Pevsner (1970): "Font, Norman, circular, with four crude corner faces and an upper border of carved criss-cross between them all around." The font consists of a roughly bucket-shaped basin the upper side of which is decoarated with a band of romboid/diamond pattern, and with four figures with large heads at 90-degree angles; the rest of the basin is without ornamentation; the cylindrical pedestal is also plain; a modern octagonal lid, flat, plain and made of wood, covers the basin. Described in SOSKERNOW as "a fine example of a Norman font and although slightly damaged when the new western tower fell in the 17th century it is still in good condition" [source: www.homepages.tesco.net/~k.wasley/St_Enodor.htm]. Illustrated in A Snap in Time [http://www.caerkief.co.uk/Churches/Enoder.html] [accessed 16 November 2009].