Liskeard No. 2
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 15729LIS
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 14th century, Decorated
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Martin
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Martin of Tours
Site Location: Cornwall, South West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located on the A38, about 25 km ENE of Plymouth
Font Notes:
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Cox (1912) notes a font of the Decorated period in this church: "Plain large octagonal font, with diameter of 45 in., probably I4th cent." In Pevsner (1970): "Font. Plain, probably C14". The font consists of a plain octagonal basin raised on a plain stem and moulded lower base, both octagonal as well. Tall wooden cover of open-work; Victorian? Illustrated in A Snap in Time [http://www.caerkief.co.uk/Churches/Liskeard.html] [accessed 18 Novemver 2009]
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Diameter (includes rim): 112.5 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * [in inches in Cox (1912)]
LID INFORMATION
Date: 19th-century?
Material: wood, oak
Apparatus: yes
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
REFERENCES
- Cox, John Charles, Cornwall, London: George Allen & Company, 1912, p. 156
- Pevsner, Nikolaus, Cornwall, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1970, p. 104