St. Michael Caerhays / Saint Michael Caerhays

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 10938MIC
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century, Norman
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Michael
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Michael
Site Location: Cornwall, South West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off (E) the A3078, just N of the Veryan Bay and the South West Coast Path
Font Notes:
Noted in Cox (1912): "round font, of Pentewan stone, with good foliated work on bowl, is late in [Norman] period." Described in Pevsner (1970); "Font. Norman, circular, with large leaves in flat relief." Hemispherical basin covered in foliage motifs, on a plain and thin cylindrical shaft; moulded lower base is square; second level also square but modern, as is the octagonal plinth. The wooden cover is round and flat, with metal decoration; appears modern. Illustrated in A Snap in Time [http://www.caerkief.co.uk/Churches/MichaelC.html] [accessed 19 November 2009].

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

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

REFERENCES

  • Cox, John Charles, Cornwall, London: George Allen & Company, 1912, p. 177
  • Pevsner, Nikolaus, Cornwall, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1970, p. 192