Bishopston / Bishopton
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © St. Teilo's, Bishopston, 2006
Image Source: digital photograph in www.stteilosbishopston.co.uk/guidedtour/m_ChurchFont.jpg [accessed 14 December 2006]
Copyright Instructions: PERMISSION [requested] NOT AVAILABLE -- IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE
INFORMATION
FontID: 09959BIS
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Tello
Church Patron Saints: St. Teilo [aka Elidius, Eliud, Eloi, Tello, Teilaw, Tellaw]
Country Name: Wales
Location: Swansea
Directions to Site: Located off the B4436, just SW of Swansea, in the Gower Peninsula
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the SW corner of the nave, near the gallery stairwell
Century and Period: 12th century, Norman
Font Notes:
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Baptismal font consisting of a square basin with slightly tapering sides and rounded lower corners, raised on a squat tapering circular stem and a larger quadrangular lower base. Wooden font cover with a square base and low pyramidal elevation. The font is located near the south-western entrance, at the foot of the stairs leading to the gallery. A recent photograph of this font can be seen at www.stteilosbishopston.co.uk/guidedtour/m_ChurchFont.jpg [accessed 14 December 2006], with the following caption: "The font is late Norman, carved out of a single square block of limestone, standing on a circular stem; the oak cover is modern and was presented to the church in 1925 by Helen Morgan."
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: square (mounted)
Basin Exterior Shape: square
LID INFORMATION
Date: 1925
Material: wood, oak
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]