Philleigh / Filly / Filley / Eglos Ros / Eglos Ross

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Results: 3 records

B01: design element - architectural - arcade - blind - pointed arches - 10

two per side of the octagonal basin, except on the side that has a single Latin cross
Scene Description: two per side of the octagonal basin, except on the side that has a single Latin cross
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Cornish Churches, 2005
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B02: symbol - cross - Latin

on one of the sides of the octagonal basin
Scene Description: on one of the sides of the octagonal basin
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LB01: design element - motifs - moulding

at the lower end of the shaft
Scene Description: at the lower end of the shaft
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INFORMATION

Font ID: 10650PHI
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century (early?), Early English
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Philleigh / St. Felix?
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Philleigh [aka St. Fily] / St. Felix?
Site Location: Cornwall, South West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located near Truro, in the Roseland peninsula
Font Notes:
Noted in Cox (1912) as an "octagonal arcaded bowl of font early 13th cent." Noted in Pevsner (1970): "Font. Octagonal, C13, with two flat blank niches with pointed heads on each side." Pevsner does not mention a Latin cross that occupies two of the arches in what originally probably was the 'front' face of the font; the basin is raised on an octagonal pedestal stem plain but for a moulding at the bottom. The whole stands on a small octagonal plinth with kneeling stone extension. The flat and plain wooden font cover is modern.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

LID INFORMATION

Date: modern
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]

REFERENCES

  • Cox, John Charles, Cornwall, London: George Allen & Company, 1912, p. 18, 199
  • Pevsner, Nikolaus, Cornwall, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1970, p. 141