North Tamerton / Tre war Damer

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 15739TAM
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century, Perpendicular
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Denis
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Denys [aka Denis, Dennis, Dionis, Dyonisius]
Site Location: Cornwall, South West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located 8 km SSW of Holsworthy
Font Notes:
Noted in Cox (1912): "Granite font has plain circular bowl resting on octagonal shaft; it is coeval with fabric" [i.e., of the church; first half of the 15th century]. There is a flat moulding at the upper rim; the stem is octagonal-to-square, with spurs at the lower end; on a two-step quadrangular plinth (or combination lower base and plinth).

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, granite
Font Shape: hemispheric, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

REFERENCES

  • Cox, John Charles, Cornwall, London: George Allen & Company, 1912, p. 222