Sancreed No. 3

INFORMATION

Font ID: 10888CRE
Object Type: Stoup
Font Century and Period/Style: 14th - 15th century, Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Creda
Font Location in Church: In the porch
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Crida [aka Creda, Credan, Crida of Cornwall, Sancredus]
Site Location: Cornwall, South West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off the A30, just W of Penzance, not far from Land's End
Font Notes:
Blight (1862) notes that "the stoup remains" of the original building. Cox (1912) notes: "The porch […] contains perfect stoup in trefoiled niche." [cf. Index entries for Sancreed Nos. 1 and 2 for two fonts listed in this church]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

REFERENCES

  • Blight, John Thomas, "Cornish churches [pt. 3]", 212, May 1862, The Gentleman's Magazine: or, Trader's monthly intelligencer, 1862, pp. [527]-539; p. 536
  • Cox, John Charles, Cornwall, London: George Allen & Company, 1912, p. 211