Conwy No. 2 / Conway
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Image Source: Bond (1908: 72)
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 02736CON
Object Type: Stoup
Date Visited: 2000-07-17
Font Century and Period/Style: Medieval
Cognate Fonts: Somewhat related in shape to the font at Little Torrington?
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Mary and All Saints
Font Location in Church: Originally found in the attic, now at the side of the entrance
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin & All Saints
Church Notes: See also Conwy No. 1 and No. 3.
Church Address: 18, Rose Hill St, Conwy LL32 8AF
Site Location: Clwyd, Wales, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Conwy is on the shore of Conwy Bay, near Llandudno Junction; St. Mary's church is in the town centre.
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Bangor
Historical Region: Aberconwy & Colwyn, Carnarvon
Additional Comments: recycled stoup (these are probably former mortars as the wear from the pestle shows) MUST USE -- have image own photo
Font Notes:
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Bond (1908: 71, 72) describes this as a "fontlet" which may in reality be a mortar; he refers to these objects as too heavy to be "hand fonts" (i.e., portable fonts) and argues that many show wear from the pestles and have been simply mistaken for stoups in the past. This "fontlet" is made of one block of stone, the basin appears as framed within a square structure. Drake (2002) groups this font in a catch-all grouping of "Small Clusters and Unique Fonts", together with the font at Little Torrington and a few other 'odds and ends'. On-site notes: one of two small hollowed containers being used now [July 2000] as holy-water stoups; they both look like mortars or medieval grain measures.
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 444676 5903786
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 53.280417, -3.829773
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 53° 16′ 49.5″ N, 3° 49′ 47.18″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, type unknown
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: square (unmounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: square
Drainage System: no drainage system
Drainage Notes: no lining
Notes on Measurements: [measurements not taken]
REFERENCES
- Bond, Francis, Fonts and Font Covers, London: Waterstone, 1985 c1908, p. 71 and ill. on p. 72
- Drake, Colin Stuart, The Romanesque Fonts of Northern Europe and Scandinavia, Woodbridge, Suffolk: Boydell Press, 2002, p. 30