St. Mewan No. 1 / Saint Mewan
INFORMATION
FontID: 10936MEW
Object Type: Baptismal Font1 (fragment)
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Mewan
Church Patron Saints: St. Mewan [aka Meen]
Country Name: England
Location: Cornwall, South West
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 Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 11th - 12th century, Norman
Font Notes:
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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