St. Twynnells / St. Twinnels / St. Twynnels / Saint Twynnells / Saint Twinnels

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 06136TWY
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century, Norman
Cognate Fonts: Castlemartin, Clovelly, etc.
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Gwynog
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17743407
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Gwynog
Site Location: Pembrokeshire, Wales, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located about 6 km WSW of Pembroke
Font Notes:
The RCAHMW (Pembroke, 1925) reports a square font in this church. Described in Tyrrell-Green (1928) as a baptismal font of the Norman period consisting of a square basin shaped like a scalloped capital mounted on a circular stem. Noted in Thurlby (2006) as a baptismal font of the Norman period in the cushion-capital style

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: square, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: square

REFERENCES

  • Great Britain. Royal Commission on Ancient Monuments and Constructions in Wales and Monmouthshire, An inventory of the ancient and historical monuments of the County of Pembroke, London: H.M. Stationary Office, 1925, no. 1077
  • Thurlby, Malcolm, Romanesque architecture and sculpture in Wales, Little Logaston, Woonton, Almeley, Herts.: Logaston Press, 2006, p. 187, 280
  • Tyrrell-Green, E., Baptismal Fonts Classified and Illustrated, London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge: The Macmillan Co., 1928, p. 34