Tregare / Tre'r-Gaer

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view of church exterior - northwest view

Font image
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Philip Halling, 2013
Image Source: digital photograph taken 27 April 2013 by Philip Halling [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3449895] [accessed 20 September 2013]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0

view of church exterior - southeast view

Font image
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Philip Halling, 2013
Image Source: digital photograph taken 27 April 2013 by Philip Halling [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3440998] [accessed 20 September 2013]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0

INFORMATION

Font ID: 04368TRE
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century [base only] [basin is 19thC] [composite font], Late Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Church of St. Mary
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Church Notes: church restored in 1888 by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners
Site Location: Monmouthshire, Wales, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located 3 km N of Raglan, 10 km WSW of Monmouth
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Llandaff
Historical Region: Hundred of Raglan -- formerly Gwent / Monmouthshire
Additional Comments: composite font? / altered font?
Font Notes:
Lewis' Dictionary of 1848 reports that the ancient church "contains a font curiously sculptured". Described in Newman (2000) as "a most remarkable C15 conceit, the shaft original, the bowl a C19 copy. Covered in hearts outlined by rolls, each heart enclosing IHS." The basin probably a replacement during the 1888 restoration.

COORDINATES

UTM: 30U 510580 5737404
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 51.787405, -2.846615
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 51° 47′ 14.66″ N, 2° 50′ 47.81″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

INSCRIPTION

Inscription Language: Latin
Inscription Location: on the Victorian basin sides, inside each heart
Inscription Text: "IHS"
Inscription Notes: 19thC
Inscription Source: Newman (2000)

REFERENCES

  • Lewis, Samuel, A Topographical Dictionary of England, Comprising the Several Counties, Cities, Boroughs, Corporate and Market Towns, Parishes, Chapelries, and Townships, and the Islands of Guernsy, Jersey, and Man, with Historical and Statistical Descriptions [...], London: S. Lewis, 1831, [www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=51352] [accessed 13 March 2007]
  • Newman, John, Gwent/Monmouthshire, London: Penguin Books; University of Wales Press, 2000, p. 574