St. Buryan No. 1 / St. Burian / Saint Burian

Baptismal font noted in Oliver (1846) [cf. infra]. Noted and illustrated in Blight (1862): "The font [...] is of Ludgvan granite, and has on the bowl three angels (not four as Dr. Oliver says) supporting shields; on a fourth shield is carved a plain Latin cross on two steps. On the opposite side there is a small Maltese cross between two of the angels. The height of the font is 2 ft. 11 in. It has been cleaned of the lime-wash which at one time covered it." [NB: Blight refers to George Oliver's Monasticon Diocesis Exoniensis of 1846]. Murray (1865) has: "the granite font is perhaps E[arly] E[nglish]." Illustrated in Bond (1908) as a bucket-shaped basin ornamented with three large high-relief angels holding shields; the fourth shield contains a plain Latin cross raised on two steps; opposite this shield, between the angels, is a small Maltese cross. The pedestal of the base is a cluster of engaged columns, plain except for the upper mouldings that serve as capitals; raised on a square lower base with rounded edges and an octagonal plinth. The base and plinth may be modern. Noted in Cox (1912) as one of three early-14th century fonts (St. Buryan, Gulval and Sancreed) made of granite from Ludgvan parish: "The circular font, of sparkling Ludgvan granite, 26 in. in diameter and 42 in. high, is of early I4th cent, date; it has 3 shield-bearing angels round bowl, and a fourth shield with a Latin cross." Pevsner (1970) notes: "Font. With shield-holding angels at three of the corners, rudely carved. Is it C14 or C15?" [cf. Index entry for St. Buryan No. 2 for a mutilated stoup reported in the porch]