St. Mewan No. 1 / Saint Mewan

INFORMATION

Font ID: 10936MEW
Object Type: Baptismal Font1, fragment
Font Century and Period/Style: 11th - 12th century, Norman
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Mewan
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mewan [aka Meen]
Site Location: Cornwall, South West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off the A390, just W of St. Austell [the parish is now [2005] part of the Team Ministry of Megavissey and St Mewan]
Font Notes:
Noted in Pevsner (1970) as a "fragment of a Norman font" [cf. Index entry for St. Mewan No. 2 for the 14th-century font in this church]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Number of Pieces: fragment

REFERENCES

  • Pevsner, Nikolaus, Cornwall, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1970, p. 191