Woodlawn

Image copyright © Joan Pike, 1989

Permission received (letter of 9/2/2004)

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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Joan Pike, 1989

Image Source: Pike (1989: 53)

Copyright Instructions: Permission received (letter of 9/2/2004)

INFORMATION

FontID: 00862WOO
Church/Chapel: Estate Church for the Trench family (Church of Ireland)
Country Name: Republic of Ireland
Location: Galway, Connacht
Directions to Site: Estate church of the Trench family in Woodland
Font Location in Church: Reported ca, 1989 as being in the church, but not in use
Century and Period: 16th - 17th century,
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Dr. Rachel Moss, and to Trinity College, Dublin, for the copy of Ms. Pike's work, and to Ms. Joan Pike for her kind permission to reproduce her original drawings].
Church Notes: Estate church of the Trench family.
Described and illustrated in Pike (1989: 53): "The font in this Church [i.e., the Estate Church for the Trench family in Woodlawn] is not in use. The central drain has a cover and is incorporated into a small hemispherical bowl attached in the centre of the hemispherical internal bowl of the octagonal font. The font is tripartite, with reconstructed octagonal plinth and pedestal. A band of relief decoration runs one inch below the rim of the bowl and ten inches in depth. The font may be sandstone. This font is individual and does not bear resemblance to other fonts discussed". [We are grateful to Dr. Rachel Moss, and to Trinity College, Dublin, for the copy of Ms. Pike's work, and to Ms. Joan Pike for her kind permission to reproduce her original drawings]

COORDINATES

UTM: 29U 534425 5909353

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, sandstone
Number of Pieces: three?
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Drainage Notes: Incorporated to small hemispherical bowl attached in the centre of the basin.
Height of Basin Side: 25.4 cm
Basin Total Height: 48.26 cm
Height of Base: 53.34 cm
Font Height (with Plinth): 101.6 cm
Trapezoidal Basin: 55.88 cm (width)
Notes on Measurements: Pike (1989: 53)

REFERENCES

Pike, Joan H.K., "Medieval Fonts of Ireland", [Supplied courtesy of The Dept. of the History of Art, Trinity College, Dublin], [Ireland]: [Privately printed], 1989