Redwick No. 2
INFORMATION
Font ID: 04362RED
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church / Chapel Name: Church of St. Thomas
Font Location in Church: West end, south aisle (screened off)
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 "clearly part of Norton's remodelling" [NB: Newman refers here to the re-tooling done in 1874-1875 by John Norton]
Font Notes:
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Described in Newman (2000) as an immersion font "clearly part of Norton's remodelling" [NB: Newman refers here to the re-tooling done in 1874-1875 by John Norton]. Noted in The Civic Trust, Wales, web site [www.civictrustwales.org] as an 'undated baptistery".
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
REFERENCES
- Newman, John, Gwent/Monmouthshire, London: Penguin Books; University of Wales Press, 2000, p. 512