North Hill
INFORMATION
Font ID: 09409HIL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 11th - 12th century, Norman
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Torney
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Torney [aka Terney, Terninus]
Site Location: Cornwall, South West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located about 14 km from Launceston
Font Notes:
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Noted in Cox (1912): "circular font of native elvan on granite base". Noted in Pevsner (1970): "Font. Norman, circular, undecorated." Baptismal font, probably of the Norman period, made of freestone standing on a granite base [source: K. Wasley in SOSKERNOW, The Friends of Cornwall [www.homepages.tesco.net].
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, freestone / Elvan stone (basin) -- granite (base)
Number of Pieces: two
Font Shape: round, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
REFERENCES
- Cox, John Charles, Cornwall, London: George Allen & Company, 1912, p. 190
- Pevsner, Nikolaus, Cornwall, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1970, p. 127