Henry's Moat / Castell Henri / Castellhenri
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B01: design element - patterns - scalloped
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © H.M.S.O., 1925
Image Source: drawing in the RCAHMW (Pembrokeshire, 1925)
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LB01: design element - motifs - moulding
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © H.M.S.O., 1925
Image Source: drawing in the RCAHMW (Pembrokeshire, 1925)
Copyright Instructions: PD
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © H.M.S.O., 1925
Image Source: drawing in the RCAHMW (Pembrokeshire, 1925)
Copyright Instructions: PD
INFORMATION
Font ID: 10098HEN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century, Norman? / Transitional?
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Brynach
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q114773990
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Brynach
Site Location: Pembrokeshire, Wales, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located 17 km NNE of Haverfordwest
Font Notes:
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Noted and illustrated in the RCAHMW (Pembroke, 1925): "The font is of the cushion type; the basin (21 inches square externally and 16 inches internally, 13 inches deep), slopes off to a circular shaft on a square base, the total height being 32 inches." Described in Lloyd et al. (2004): "Font. C12, cushion-shaped on original round shaft and moulded base." Noted in Thurlby (2006) after the RCAHMW.
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Number of Pieces: three?
Font Shape: square, mounted
Basin Exterior Shape: square
Diameter (inside rim): 40 cm* [or 40 x 40 cm*]
Font Height (less Plinth): 80 cm*
Trapezoidal Basin: 52.5 x 52.5 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * [in inches 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. 119 and fig. 121
- Lloyd, Thomas, Pembrokeshire, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2004, p. 226
- Thurlby, Malcolm, Romanesque architecture and sculpture in Wales, Little Logaston, Woonton, Almeley, Herts.: Logaston Press, 2006, p. 187