St. Pinnock / Saint Pinnock

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 10941PIN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 11th - 12th century, Norman
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Pynnochus
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Pynnochus [aka Pinnock, Pynnock]
Site Location: Cornwall, South West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off (S) the A390, near Trevelmond, W of Liskeard
Font Notes:
Noted in Cox (1912): "Square Norm[an] font, with human heads at angles, stands on octagonal shaft." Pevsner (1970) describes St. Pinnock as "a church of little importance", the best part of which is the font: " Norman, of an uncommon type, with corner heads and arms supporting the heavy, wide, square top." Illustrated in A Snap in Time [http://www.caerkief.co.uk/Churches/Pinnock.html] [accessed 20 November 2009]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

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

LID INFORMATION

Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: square and flat, with chamfered corners; appears modern

REFERENCES

  • Cox, John Charles, Cornwall, London: George Allen & Company, 1912, p. 200
  • Pevsner, Nikolaus, Cornwall, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1970, p. 199