Penderyn
Results: 3 records
design element - motifs - snow-flake
Scene Description: a/o description in Newman (1995)
view of church exterior - northwest view
Scene Description: Source caption: "St Cynog's Church, Penderyn. This view of the northern side of the church shows the medieval tower, the oldest part of the Grade II listed church, [...] most of which was rebuilt in the late 19th century"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Jaggery, 2012
Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 July 2012 by Jaggery [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3060194] [accessed 24 April 2016]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-2.0
view of church exterior in context - southeast view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © crlewis, 2011
Image Source: photograph taken in 2007 by crlewis [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2647755] [accessed 24 April 2016]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-2.0
INFORMATION
FontID: 04411PEN
Church/Chapel: Church of St. Cynog
Church Patron Saints: St. Cynog [aka Canog, Cynog ap Brychan, Kennauc, Mocheanog]
Church Location: Church Road, Penderyn, Aberdare, Glamorgan, Wales, CF44 9JR
Country Name: Wales
Location: Vale of Glamorgan
Directions to Site: Located 30 km from Cardiff, 40 km from Swansea -- "Standing isolated on a spur of Moel Penderyn" (Newman (1995))
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Swansea and Brecon
Historical Region: Glamorgan
Font Location in Church: By the S door
Church Notes: there may have been a church here since the 7thC; burned down 12th-13thC; restored 19thC
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
Holy-water stoup described in Newman (1995) as "medieval, polygonal, chip-carved with snowflake patterns." [NB: we do not have any information on the font here; it is probably a 19th-century replacement]
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS:
51° 45' 56" N,
3° 31' 49" W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone
Font Shape: polygonal
Basin Exterior Shape: polygonal
REFERENCES
Newman, John, Glamorgan (Mid Glamorgan, South Glamorgan and West Glamorgan), London: Penguin Books; University of Wales Press, 1995