Biscovey / Par

INFORMATION

Font ID: 15746BIS
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: ca. 1849?
Font Century and Period/Style: 19th century (mid?), Victorian
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Mary the Virgin
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Site Location: Cornwall, South West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located 8 km E of St. Austell
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Truro
Font Notes:
'On the ancient stone fonts of Cornwall' (1851) notes the font at St. Mary, Biscovey, as a modern imitation of a medieval font. The modern font in the modern church [the old church has disappeared, probably with the old font] is illustrated in A Snap in Time [http://www.caerkief.co.uk/Churches/Par.html] [accessed 27 November 2009] under the entry for Par (St. Blazey Gate). [NB: we found no record of an earlier church here].

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

REFERENCES

  • "On the ancient stone fonts of Cornwall: a communication", 83 (April 1851) / New Series no. 47, Ecclesiologist, 1851, pp. 96-102; p. 102