Redwick No. 1

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 04361RED
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century (early), Late Norman? / Transitional?
Church / Chapel Name: Church of St. Thomas
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Thomas
Church Address: 3 Church Row, Redwick, Caldicot NP26 3DE, United Kingdom
Site Location: Newport, Wales, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located about 12 km SE of Newport on the N bank of the mouth of the Severn
Additional Comments: recycled font / retooled font: Newman (2000) calls it "heavily retooled" in the 19th century
Font Notes:
Described in Newman (2000) as probably early 13th-century: "Square bowl with scalloped underside on four octagonal shafts and circular central pier. Broad, waterholding foot. Heavily retooled in the C19." Noted in The Civic Trust, Wales, web site [www.civictrustwales.org] as a 13th-century font.

COORDINATES

UTM: 30U 510448 5711334
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 51.553, -2.8493
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 51° 33′ 10.8″ N, 2° 50′ 57.48″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: square, mounted
Basin Exterior Shape: square
Drainage System: water-holding base type

REFERENCES

  • Newman, John, Gwent/Monmouthshire, London: Penguin Books; University of Wales Press, 2000, p. 20, 512