Callington No. 2 / Calwetone

INFORMATION

Font ID: 08822CAL
Object Type: Stoup
Font Century and Period/Style: Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Mary
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Church Address: 3 Church St, Callington PL17 7RE, United Kingdom -- Tel.: +44 1579 371496
Site Location: Cornwall, South West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off the A388, 15 km NNW of Saltash, about 25 km WNW of Plymouth
Font Notes:
Described in Cox & Harvey (1907) as a noteworthy holy-water stoup. The entry for this church in Historic England [Listing NGR: SX3588369646] notes: "Parish Church, consecrated in 1438. Nave possibly slightly earlier [...] Norman pedestal font with round bowl on later octagonal base of granite blocks. Bowl with rope work at waist and 4 figure heads at corners. Decorated on 4 sides with palmettes and crosses. Locking flat octagonal cover of timber and wrought iron [...] Remains of holy water stoup on east wall." [cf. Index entry for Callington No. 1 for a baptismal font of the Transitional Norman period in this church]

COORDINATES

UTM: 30U 406698 5595421
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 50.50332, -4.315694
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 50° 30′ 11.95″ N, 4° 18′ 56.5″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

REFERENCES

  • Cox, John Charles, English Church Furniture, New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1907, p. 238