Penclawdd
INFORMATION
FontID: 04410PEN
Church/Chapel: Church of St. Gwynour [in the parish of Llanrhidian]
Church Patron Saints: St. Gwynour
Country Name: Wales
Location: Vale of Glamorgan
Directions to Site: Located in the north-westernmost area of west Glamorgan, NW of Gorseinon and Swansea
Historical Region: Glamorgan
Font Location in Church: Located in the north-westernmost area of west Glamorgan, NW of Gorseinon and Swansea
Church Notes: The GENUKI WEB site [www.genuki.org.uk] gives Penclawdd as a "Chapel of Ease to Llanrhidian, formed into a parish in 1924."
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
Baptismal font described in Newman (1995) as an "octagonal medieval bowl, modelled with more variety than usual."
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
REFERENCES
Newman, John, Glamorgan (Mid Glamorgan, South Glamorgan and West Glamorgan), London: Penguin Books; University of Wales Press, 1995