Sancreed No. 2

Described in Blight (1862) as a baptismal font "similar to that at St. Burian; it has four angels, with crosses on their foreheads, and bearing shields." Pevsner (1970) notes: "Font. Type of St Ives, with four angels holding shields, C15, granite." Noted in Cox (1912) as one of three early-14th century fonts (St. Buryan, Gulval and Sancreed) made of granite from Ludgvan parish: "The font […] has 4 angels, with crosses on their foreheads, bearing shields; it resembles that of St.
Buryan's, and is of early I4th cent. date." Baptismal font consisting of a rounded basin tapering at the underbowl and adorned with four protruding angels holding shields, one at each of the four angles; the underbowl ends in a roll moulding; the base is in the shape of a broad shaft with semi-colonnettes at the four angles corresponding to the four angels above; the joint of the two blocks of stone occurs a few inches below the moulding; square lower base with wide chamfer. Square plinth with kneeling stone. Wooden font cover, round, with metal decoration and ring handle, modern. [NB: cf. Index entry for Sancreed No. 1 for the remains of a Norman font and Sancreed No. 3 for a stoup in this church]