Chepstow No. 1 / Cas-Gwent
Image copyright © John Wilkes, 2008
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BU01: design element - motifs - moulding - graded
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © John Wilkes, 2008
Image Source: digital photograph by John Wilkes, of The Gloucestershire Photo Library [http://www.allthecotswolds.com/], taken on 6 January 2008
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R01: design element - motifs - rope moulding
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © John Wilkes, 2008
Image Source: digital photograph by John Wilkes, of The Gloucestershire Photo Library [http://www.allthecotswolds.com/], taken on 6 January 2008
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
view of font and cover
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © John Wilkes, 2008
Image Source: digital photograph by John Wilkes, of The Gloucestershire Photo Library [http://www.allthecotswolds.com/], taken on 6 January 2008
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
view of church exterior - west portal
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © John Wilkes, 2008
Image Source: digital photograph by John Wilkes, of The Gloucestershire Photo Library [http://www.allthecotswolds.com/], taken on 6 January 2008
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
view of church exterior - west end
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © John Wilkes, 2008
Image Source: digital photograph by John Wilkes, of The Gloucestershire Photo Library [http://www.allthecotswolds.com/], taken on 6 January 2008
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
view of font and cover
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Thurlby, 2006
Image Source: detail of a B&W photograph in Thurlby (2006)
Copyright Instructions: PERMISSION NOT AVAILABLE -- IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE
view of font and cover in context
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Thurlby, 2006
Image Source: B&W photograph in Thurlby (2006)
Copyright Instructions: PERMISSION NOT AVAILABLE -- IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE
INFORMATION
Font ID: 04359CHE
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century, Norman
Cognate Fonts: the font at Usk, also in Gwent
Church / Chapel Name: Parish and Priory Church of St. Mary
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the S aisle
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Church Address: Upper Church St, Chepstow NP16 5HA, United Kingdom -- Tel.: +44 1291 620980
Site Location: Monmouthshire, Wales, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off the A48, 22 km ENE of Newport
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Monmouth
Font Notes:
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Described in Newman (2000) as "Norman, plain but well-proportioned. Cylindrical bowl with rim moulding, cylidrical stem and moulded base." Illustrated in context in Thurlby (2006). The moulding at the uppr rim is very worn, but it is clearly a rope moulding. Besides the motifs mentioned in the sources above, the underbowl is decorated with a graded round moulding. Flat. round and plain wooden cover; modern.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to John Wilkes, of The Gloucestershire Photo Library [http://www.allthecotswolds.com/], for his photographs of church and font.
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 522680 5721347
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 51.642667, -2.672228
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 51° 38′ 33.6″ N, 2° 40′ 20.02″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: cylindrical, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern?
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
REFERENCES
- Newman, John, Gwent/Monmouthshire, London: Penguin Books; University of Wales Press, 2000, p. 166
- Thurlby, Malcolm, Romanesque architecture and sculpture in Wales, Little Logaston, Woonton, Almeley, Herts.: Logaston Press, 2006, fig. 31 on p. 24