St. Andrews Major / Saint Andras

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BBU01: design element - motifs - roll moulding

Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]

view of church interior - plan

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Orrin, 1988

Image Source: plan in Orrin (1988)

Copyright Instructions: PERMISSION NOT AVAILABLE -- IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE

INFORMATION

FontID: 04419AND
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Andrew
Church Patron Saints: St. Andrew
Country Name: Wales
Location: Vale of Glamorgan
Directions to Site: Located about 5 km WSW of Cardiff
Historical Region: Glamorgan
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the W end of the nave, near the S entrance
Century and Period: 12th century, Norman
Described in Orrin (1988): "The Norman font is tub-shaped with roll-moulding around the rim, but the step and plinth are modern." A church interior plan in Orrin (ibid.) shows the position of the font. Described in Newman (1995) as a Norman baptismal font, "tub-shaped, with a roll round the top."

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: tub-shaped
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

REFERENCES

Newman, John, Glamorgan (Mid Glamorgan, South Glamorgan and West Glamorgan), London: Penguin Books; University of Wales Press, 1995
Orrin, Geoffrey R., Medieval Churches of the Vale of Glamorgan, Cowbridge: D. Brown & Sons, 1988