Quethiock No. 1 / Gwydhek / Cruetheke

INFORMATION

Font ID: 15734QUE
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century [basin only], Medieval [composite]
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Hugh
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Hugh of Grenoble [aka Hugues de Châteauneuf]
Site Location: Cornwall, South West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located W of Pillaton
Font Notes:
Cox (1912) notes: "Font, 28 in. square, Norm[an], but base modern". The basin is square at the top but has the angles chamfered a few inches below the rim; the octagonal pedestal and the plinth are modern. The wooden cover is square, flat and plain, with a cross finial; modern. Illustrated in A Snap in Time [http://www.caerkief.co.uk/Churches/Quethiock.html] [accessed 20 November 2009]. [cf. Index entry for Quethiock No. 2 for a stoup of the 14th century in this church]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: square, mounted
Basin Exterior Shape: square
Trapezoidal Basin: 70 x 70 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * [in inches in Cox (1912)]

LID INFORMATION

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

REFERENCES

  • Cox, John Charles, Cornwall, London: George Allen & Company, 1912, p. 205