St. Mary Hill / Eglwys Fair Y Mynydd
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R01: design element - motifs - moulding
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 04425MAR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century?, Norman
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Mary in St. Mary Hill / Eglwys Fair Y Mynydd
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the W end of the nave, by the S doorway
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Church Address: St Mary, St Mary Hill, Bridgend, CF35 5DT, United Kingdom
Site Location: Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located E of the A473, S of the M4, about 6 km E of Bridgend
Font Notes:
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Described and illustrated in Orrin (1988): "Near the door is the Norman font which is tub-shaped with a bold roll-moulding round the rim". Described in Newman (1995) as a "bulbous tub on a a moulded foot"; Newman gives the date as "C12?". The font is decorated with a large but almost flat moulding at the upper rim. Round flat wooden cover with metal handle; date unknown.
COORDINATES
UTM: -3.502888
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 51.503192, -3.502888
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 51° 30′ 11.49″ N, 3° 30′ 10.4″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: tub-shaped
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
LID INFORMATION
Material: wood, oak?
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
REFERENCES
- Newman, John, Glamorgan (Mid Glamorgan, South Glamorgan and West Glamorgan), London: Penguin Books; University of Wales Press, 1995, p. 567
- Orrin, Geoffrey R., Medieval Churches of the Vale of Glamorgan, Cowbridge: D. Brown & Sons, 1988, p. 390; ill. on p. 388