Pembrey / Penbre / Penbrey

INFORMATION

Font ID: 09123PEM
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century, Norman
Workshop/Group/Artisan: North Devon workshop
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Illtyd, Pembrey
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17741817
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Illtyd [aka Illtud]
Church Address: Gwscwm Rd, Burry Port SA16 0UA, United Kingdom -- Tel.: +44 7765 497930
Site Location: Carmarthenshire, Dyfed, Wales, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off the A484, just W of Burry Port, 7-8 km W of Llanelli
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Llandaff
Font Notes:
Baker-Jones (1970) notes: ''In some churches along the coast there used to be many Norman fonts which had characteristics of their own and showed the advance of the invader into these parts . Thus in the churches of St . Mary, KidwelIy, Penbre, St . Ishmael's and Llanstephan the original fonts were of the square Norman type, having shallow bowls and ornamented with plain cushion capitals . The first three have disappeared but sketches of them still exist''. Listed by Peter Lord, in Diwylliant... (1998-2003, vol. 3: 80 and fn70) as one of about twenty square fonts produced by a north-Devon workshop [NB: Lord cites Robert Boak's unpublished research as source for the workshop identification]. The decoration consists chiefly of scallop and/or foliage motifs.

COORDINATES

UTM: 30U 411882 5727073
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 51.6877, -4.27475
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 51° 41′ 15.72″ N, 4° 16′ 29.1″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

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

REFERENCES

  • The Visual Culture of Wales = Diwylliant gweledol Cymru, Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 1998-2003, vol. 3: 80 fn70
  • Baker-Jones, D.L., "Looking at Carmarthenshire Churches", VII (1970), The Carmarthenshire Historian, 1970