Granston / Treopert

INFORMATION

Font ID: 10095GRA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 14th century (late?), Decorated
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Catherine
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q113253617
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Catherine of Alexandria [aka Katherine, Katharine]
Site Location: Pembrokeshire, Wales, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located 10 km WSW of Fishguard
Font Notes:
The RCAHMW (Pembroke, 1925) notes: "This is a modern building, erected in 1877, which has retained no features of antiquity from its predecessor [...] except a font (24 inches external , and 20 inches internal diameter; total height 29 inches), the octagonal basin of which slopes off to a circular shaft and base. It may date from the latter half of the 14th century." Described in Lloyd et al. (2004): "Font. C14, plain octagonal."

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Rim Thickness: 5 cm [calculated]
Diameter (inside rim): 50 cm*
Diameter (includes rim): 60 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 72.5 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * [in in. in the RCAHMW (Pembroke, 1925)]

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, p. 101
  • Lloyd, Thomas, Pembrokeshire, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2004, p. 197