St. Pinnock / Saint Pinnock

Results: 2 records

BU01: human figure - head - 4

Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]

LB01: design element - motifs - spur - 4

INFORMATION

FontID: 10941PIN
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Pynnochus
Church Patron Saints: St. Pynnochus [aka Pinnock, Pynnock]
Country Name: England
Location: Cornwall, South West
Directions to Site: Located off (S) the A390, near Trevelmond, W of Liskeard
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 11th - 12th century, Norman
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
Pevsner, Nikolaus, Cornwall, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1970