Liskeard No. 1
INFORMATION
Font ID: 08820LIS
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 11th - 12th century [basin only], Medieval / composite
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Martin
Font Location in Church: In the N porch, used as stoup [cf. FontNotes]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Martin of Tours
Site Location: Cornwall, South West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located on the A38, about 25 km ENE of Plymouth
Additional Comments: recycled font: later used as holy-water stoup
Font Notes:
Click to view
Cox & Harvey (1907) describe the holy-water stoup in this church as "originally a plain Norman font". Cox (1912) reports two fonts in this church, of which, one is the "Bowl of old Norm[an] font built up in N. porch, where it long served as holy-water stoup." [cf. Index entry for Liskeard No. 2 for the font of the Decorated period]
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
REFERENCES
- Cox, John Charles, Cornwall, London: George Allen & Company, 1912, p. 156
- Cox, John Charles, English Church Furniture, New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1907, p. 238