Gunwalloe No. 2

Results: 2 records

B01: symbol - star - in a circle

B02: design element - motifs - floral - rosette - in a circle

INFORMATION

FontID: 10822GUM
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Winwalloe
Church Patron Saints: St. Winwaloe [aka Wynwallow, Winnol, Onolaus, Guénolé]
Country Name: England
Location: Cornwall, South West
Directions to Site: Located in western Cornwall, 3-4 km S of Helston
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end of the centre aisle, in front of the war memorial
Century and Period: 13th century? / 15th century?, Early English? / Gothic?
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Bodmin type (variant)
Cognate Fonts: The fonst at St Cury and St. Buryan?
Font Notes:
Blight (1862) notes: "The font is of late character", having dated the church to the 15th century. Cox (1912) noted two fonts in this church: "The font, 22| in. in diameter, with a flat cover, has a resemblance to that of St. Buryan. At W. end is mutilated bowl of a Norm[an] font." Noted in Pevsner (1970): "Font of the C13, a variation of the Bodmin type, similar to Cury: thick, short corner shafts and four shallowly carved stars, rosettes, etc., in circles." This font is noted in the Cornwall Churches web site [www.kerrierdeanery.co.uk] as one of two baptismal fonts in use in this church: "a granite octagonal bowl dating from the 13th century". [cf. Index entry for Gunwalloe No. 1 for another early font in this church]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, granite
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

REFERENCES

Blight, John Thomas, "Cornish churches [pt. 4]", 213, July 1862, The Gentleman's Magazine: or, Trader's monthly intelligencer, 1862, pp. 21-31; p. 27
Cox, John Charles, Cornwall, London: George Allen & Company, 1912
Pevsner, Nikolaus, Cornwall, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1970