Poughill No. 2

INFORMATION

Font ID: 15733POU
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 11th - 12th century, Norman
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Olaf King and Martyr
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Olaf [aka Olaf II Haraldsson, Óláfr Haraldsson, Olav, Olav Haraldsson, Olave, Olof]
Site Location: Cornwall, South West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located just NE of Bude
Additional Comments: disused font
Font Notes:
Cox (1912) notes: "The plain square font, standing on circular shaft, and stoup in porch are Norm[an]". Two fonts are illustrated in A Snap in Time [http://www.caerkief.co.uk/Churches/Poughill.html] [accessed 20 November 2009]. The one in use [cf. Index entry for Poughill No. 1] and one other that may have been brought in from the porch; the latter is a round tub-shaped basin made of course granite, raised on a circular platform. [NB: we have no information on the origins of this font, nor do we know whether Cox referred to this font as the stoup in the porch].

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, granite
Font Shape: tub-shaped, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

REFERENCES

  • Cox, John Charles, Cornwall, London: George Allen & Company, 1912, p. 202