Launceston No. 1 / Lanson / Lannstefan / Dunheved

Cox (1912) writes: "Font, of Pentewan stone, is also coeval with church, though it looks modern, having been mercilessly retooled and cleared of ornament during a restoration of 1852, when much screen-work and seating was also swept away. At W. end of N. aisle is mutilated bowl of a Norm. font." Noted in Pevsner (1970): "Font. Of c.1525". Illustrated in the RootsWeb page for Launceston St Mary Magdalene's [http://frepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com] The font consists of a hemispherical basin raised on a cylindrical stem and a decorated round lower base; the plinth has a rectangular extension or 'priest's stone'. Tall wooden font, octagonal with straight sides except for the pyramidal tip; ball and dove finial; counterweight mechanism to raise the cover.