Norman Font - St Materiana - Tintagel, Cornwall - Romanesque Architecture on Waymarking.com

The font is Norman, rather crudely carved in elvan: each of the four faces is carved with snakes and each corner with a head.
The church is of Norman-era design and includes some Saxon features, while the tower may be 13th or 15th century in date.

"The church is dedicated to St. Materiana or Mertherian, who does not appear to be the same as St. Madryn. She is recorded as Tintagel’s patroness by 1258 and is also the patron saint of Minster, where she was reputed to be buried. Between c.1080 and 1200 Tintagel’s present church was built on an earlier burial ground used by Tintagel castle’s Dark Age occupants. At first Tintagel church was simply a chancel and nave with a tiny north-east chapel added soon after – the Blessed Sacrament Chapel. There was also a Norman churchyard chapel or two (found in recent excavations). Transepts were added to Tintagel church in the late 13th or early 14th century giving it a cruciform shape. The Earls of Cornwall held Tintagel Castle at this time.

The north and south doorways are both Norman as are the nave windows, other windows are Early English, Decorated or Perpendicular in style or Victorian replacements. The hinges of the north door are reputedly original 12th century ironwork. The west window contains a brief history of Tintagel. The tower is at the west end and is variously dated to the 13th or 14th centuries or c.1400, but the belfry windows look 16th century. Its screen from 2007 is in memory of churchwardens who have served the parish. The Font is Norman and has serpents carved into the corners. Remains of an earlier Norman stone tub font that would have stood on the ground were found recycled in the foundations of the second-phase churchyard chapel. Another Norman font bowl brought from St. Julitta’s chapel in the castle is in the north-east chapel with an early altar."

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Web site proof of Romanesque or Pre-Romanesque features: [Web Link] Type of building (structure): Church Address: St Materiana Church Hill Tintagel Cornwall England PL34 0DQ Date of origin: Not listed Architect(s) if known: Not listed Romanesque or Pre-Romanesque: Not listed

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