Nicholaston

INFORMATION

Font ID: 05485NIC
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 14th century, Medieval
Cognate Fonts: Reynoldston, also in Gower
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church?
Font Location in Church: Inside the church?
Church Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16857174
Site Location: Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located in the centre-west area of the Gower Peninsula, on the A4118, just inland from Oxwich Bay
Font Notes:
Listed in Bond (1908: 240) as one of a few baptismal fonts of the 14th century composed of stalagmite [cf. Index entry for Reynoldston, also in Gower, for another font of the same period and composition]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, stalagmite

REFERENCES

  • Bond, Francis, Fonts and Font Covers, London: Waterstone, 1985 c1908, p. 240