Lamphey / Llandyfai / Llanffydd

Noted in the RCAHMW (Pembroke, 1925) as a Norman font. Described and illustrated in Tyrrell-Green (1928) as a square mounted baptismal font of the Norman period; the upper basin sides are ornamented with a band of encircled six-point stars, four per side; the lower side of the basinis scalloped, with three large curves on each side; these curves project down forming the underbowl. The cylindrical stem of the base is short and plain except for two thick rope mouldings, one at the top, one at the bottom; the plinth is square and plain. The basin well is square. Described in Lloyd et al. (2004): "The Norman font is among the best in the country, the square bowl decorated with well-carved six-petal flowers in roundels. Pedestal with two tiers of cable mouldings." Lloyd (ibid.) mentions a replica/copy of this font in Cosheston, in the church of St. Michael and All Angels. Noted in Thurlby (2006) in a long "List of scalloped table-top fonts in Pembrokeshire". [NB: according to that Parish's web site [www.revjones.fsnet.co.uk/michael/michael.html] a copy of this font exists at the Parish Church of St. Michael & All Saints, Pembroke]