Llanreithan / Llanrhythian / Llanrheithan / Llanrhidian

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design element - patterns - scalloped - trumpet scallops

Scene Description: very large, forming the sides and underbowl

Image Source: digital image of a B&W photograph [www.coflein.gov.uk/en/site/302139/details/llanreithan-church] [accessed 25 July 2019]

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view of church exterior - south view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Llanreithan church. The side door has been left open to the elements, birds and all comers: the interior of the building is in a very dilapidated state and the damp is making rapid inroads. The church yard is also neglected"

Image Source: digital photograph taken 11 February 2007 by Ceridwen [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/336452] [accessed 25 July 2019]

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view of church exterior in context - northwest view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Llanreithan church. Disused and abandoned in its churchyard adjoining Llanreithan House, all trace of its mediaeval origins were lost in Victorian restoration (1862). A foundation stone dated 1493 that was discovered during the rebuilding has subsequently vanished too and all that remains from earlier times is a cross-shaped stone set in the altar. Update 2016: the church has been converted into a classy dwelling for the TV programme Restoration Man and is on sale for a substantial sum"

Image Source: digital photograph taken 11 February 2007 by Ceridwen [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/335557] [accessed 25 July 2019]

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view of church interior - altar

Scene Description: Source caption: "Llanreithan church altar stone. The altar has been desecrated and Bible pages lie scattered on the ground but the mediaeval cross-shaped stone can still be seen embedded in the wall."

Image Source: digital photograph taken 11 February 2007 by Ceridwen [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/336453] [accessed 25 July 2019]

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view of font

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INFORMATION

FontID: 10218LLA

Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Rheithan [deconsecrated; now a private dwelling]

Church Patron Saints: St. Rheithan [aka Rheanus, Rhidian]

Church Location: Lanreithan / Llanrhidian, Swansea SA3 1ER, UK -- Tel.: +44 1792 391353

Country Name: Wales

Location: Pembrokeshire

Directions to Site: Located off (S) the B4330, by Llanreithan farmyard, near the source of the Solva river

Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of St. David's

Historical Region: Hundred of Dewisland

Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]

Century and Period: 12th century, Late Norman

Church Notes: medieval (12thC?) church re-built 1862

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No individual entry found for Llanrheithan in the Domesday survey. The entry for this parish in the RCAHMW (Pembroke, 1925): "The church was rebuilt in 1858 on the earlier foundations; details and fittings are new. The only ancient feature is the font , which is of cushion type and measures externally 21 1/2 inches, and internally 19 inches square. It stands on a circular shaft and square modern base.—Visited, 27th April , 1921." Described in Lloyd, etc. (2001): "C12 font, square tapered to round, the rim scalloped". Thurlby (2006) notes: "At Llanreithan the three plain scallops on the font project in the manner of a trumpet-scallop capital", and lists it in a long "List of scalloped table-top fonts in Pembrokeshire". [NB: a report from Ceridwen, who visited this church on 11 February 2007 notes: "Llanreithan church. Disused and abandoned in its churchyard adjoining Llanreithan House, all trace of its mediaeval origins were lost in Victorian restoration (1862). A foundation stone dated 1493 that was discovered during the rebuilding has subsequently vanished too and all that remains from earlier times is a cross-shaped stone set in the altar [...] the interior of the building is in a very dilapidated state and the damp is making rapid inroads" [source: http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/335557] [accessed 26 November 2010] -- the report does not specifically mention the font]. An update of 2010 reads: "After being deconsecrated and lying abandoned for a while, the church was purchased for conversion into a private residence. The restoration and conversion of the building was the subject of television programme Restoration Man broadcast in the UK on Channel 4 on 28 March 2010." Update 2016 [Ceridwen [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/335557] [accessed 25 July 2019]]: "Llanreithan church [...] the church has been converted into a classy dwelling for the TV programme Restoration Man and is on sale for a substantial sum".

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 51.912222, -5.105556

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 51° 54′ 44″ N, 5° 06′ 20″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

Font Shape: square (mounted)

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: square

Diameter (inside rim): 48.26 x 48.26 cm*

Trapezoidal Basin: 54.61 x 54.61 cm*

Notes on Measurements: * [in inches in the RCAHMW (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

Lloyd, Thomas, Pembrokeshire, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2004

Thurlby, Malcolm, Romanesque architecture and sculpture in Wales, Little Logaston, Woonton, Almeley, Herts.: Logaston Press, 2006