Brecon No. 2 / Aberhonddu / Brycheiniog / Cicucium

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view of church exterior in context - southeast view

Scene Description: Source caption: "St Mary, The Bulwark, Brecon. A prominent town centre church, part converted into a splendid restaurant but still in use for worship. The splendid 16th century tower would not look out of place in Kent."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Philip Pankhurst, 2014
Image Source: digital photograph taken 15 November 2014 by Philip Pankhurst [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4247325] [accessed 16 July 2016]
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view of church interior - nave - looking east
INFORMATION
FontID: 09121BRE
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Mary
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Church Location: Lion St, BreconPowys LD3 7AT
Country Name: Wales
Location: Powys
Directions to Site: Located on the N reaches of the Brecon Beacons National Park, about 30 kms N of Merthyr Tydfil -- the church is located in the town centre
Historical Region: formerly Breconshire
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end of the nave
Century and Period: 14th century, Gothic
Church Notes: originally 12thC (?) chapel of ease to the Benedictine Priory; modified 14th, 15th, 16th, 19th and 20thC
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
Listed in the Phaidon guide for Great Britain and Ireland (1985: 78) as a baptismal font of the 14th century. [cf. Index entry for Brecon No. 1 for an interesting Norman font at Brecon cathedral/St. John's]
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal:
51.94677,
-3.390856
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS:
51° 56′ 48.37″ N,
3° 23′ 27.08″ W
UTM: 30U 473136 5755190
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone
REFERENCES
Mehling, Franz N., Great Britain and Ireland: a Phaidon Cultural Guide, Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1985