Herbrandston

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 10099HER
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century [restored] [modern basin] [composite font], Norman [altered?]
Cognate Fonts: [cf. FontNotes] [modern basin]
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Mary
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q29505284
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Site Location: Pembrokeshire, Wales, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located 5 km WNW of Milford Haven [Coordinates: 51° 43′ 35.2″ N, 5° 5′ 8.62″ W 51.726443, -5.085726 -- UTM 30U 355950 5732672]
Additional Comments: recycled font: Norman font, restored with a new basin
Font Notes:
The RCAHMW (Pembroke, 1925) notes: "The font basin is a modern copy of that in Rudbaxton church [...] it is mounted on a circular shaft, 48 inches in circumference and 17 inches high, with a square base." Described in Lloyd et al. (2004): "Font. The square bowl is a replacement, but the scalloped underside and circular pedestal are Norman." [NB: one would assume that this underbowl is a separate piece from the basin now, although it may have been part of the old basin originally]. Noted in Thurlby (2006) in a long "List of scalloped table-top fonts in Pembrokeshire".

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Number of Pieces: three?
Font Shape: square, mounted
Basin Exterior Shape: square
Height of Base: 42.5 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. 122
  • Roosval, Johnny, Sveriges kyrkor: Bohuslän, Stockholm: Generalstabens litografiska anstalt, 1944-1974, p. 227
  • Thurlby, Malcolm, Romanesque architecture and sculpture in Wales, Little Logaston, Woonton, Almeley, Herts.: Logaston Press, 2006, p. 188