St. Ervan / Ervan / Sen Erven

INFORMATION

FontID: 15712ERV
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Ervan
Church Patron Saints: St. Ervan
Country Name: England
Location: Cornwall, South West
Directions to Site: Located S of Padstow, N of Mawgan-in-Pydar
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 13th - 14th century, Early English
Noted in Cox (1912) as a chalice-shaped octagonal font probably of the 14th century, although Cox puts it in the Early English period. Illustrated in http://www.caerkief.co.uk/Churches/Ervan.html [accessed 12 November 2009]. The font consists of an octagonal basin with plain sides tapering on a round underbowl; raised on a plain octagonal stem, with slightly splaying lower base. The wooden cover is octagonal and flat, with metal decoration and ring handle; appears modern.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

LID INFORMATION

Date: modern?
Material: wood,
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]

REFERENCES

Cox, John Charles, Cornwall, London: George Allen & Company, 1912