Burton nr. Pembroke

Noted in the RCAHMW (Pembroke, 1925): "The font , a square bowl, probably of the date of the first church [i.e., Early English], stands on a circular pillar and square base ; it has been scraped and retooled." Noted in Tyrrell-Green (1928) on a list of mostly Welsh fonts consisting of a square basin decorated with scallop motif (includes one from Bristol St Philip's and another from Thornbury, Gloucs., both bordering with Wales). Listed by Lord (2003) as one of about twenty square fonts produced by a north-Devon workshop [NB: Lord cites Robert Boak's unpublished research as source for the workshop identification].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 of these fonts consists chiefly of scallop and/or foliage motifs. Described in Lloyd et al. (2001) as "Norman, square bowl, scalloped underneath." Noted in Thurlby (2006) in a long "List of scalloped table-top fonts in Pembrokeshire". The font is covered in whitewash. The wooden cover is square and flat, with a ring handle. The entry for this church in British Listed Buildings [Source ID: 11987] notes: "Anglican parish church, medieval with unusual and rare early chapel on SE, St Andrew's chapel, possibly late C13, to which the rest of the church may have been added through the C14 to C15 or early C16 [...] C12 font, square, whitewashed with scallops and darts to underside, on round shaft and square base."