St. Nicholas nr. Cardiff / Sain Nicolas
INFORMATION
Font ID: 04426NIC
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century / 15th century, Early English? / Perpendicular?
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Nicholas of St. Nicholas
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the W end of the nave
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Nicholas of Myra
Church Address: St Nicholas, Cardiff CF5 6SP, United Kingdom
Site Location: Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off the A48, 3-4 km W of Cardiff, 10 km E Cowbridge
Font Notes:
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Described in Orrin (1988): "The 13th-century font has a plain octagonal shallow bowl with typical strings of the period. The octagonal stem splays at the bottom to rest on a modern octagonal plinth." Newman (1995), however, dates to the Perpendicular period.
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 478342 5701211
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 51.46166, -3.311751
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 51° 27′ 41.98″ N, 3° 18′ 42.31″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
REFERENCES
- Newman, John, Glamorgan (Mid Glamorgan, South Glamorgan and West Glamorgan), London: Penguin Books; University of Wales Press, 1995, p. 569
- Orrin, Geoffrey R., Medieval Churches of the Vale of Glamorgan, Cowbridge: D. Brown & Sons, 1988, p. 196