Llandudno
Image copyright © Noel Walley, 2004
Image and Permission received (e-mail of 3 November 2004)
Results: 7 records
view of font in context
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Noel Walley, 2004
Image Source: digital photograph by Noel Walley [www.llandudnochurches.co.uk]
Copyright Instructions: Image and Permission received (e-mail of 3 November 2004)
design element - motifs - foliage
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Madeleine Gray, 2008
Image Source: digital photograph taken 16 July 2008 by Madeleine Gray
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 12 September 2013)
design element - motifs - moulding
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Madeleine Gray, 2006
Image Source: digital photograph taken 28 May 2006 by Madeleine Gray
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 12 September 2013)
design element - motifs - floral
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Christine Jones, 2009
Image Source: digital photograph taken 16 July 2008 by Christine Jones
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 29 October 2009)
design element - motifs - sawtooth
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Christine Jones, 2009
Image Source: digital photograph taken 16 July 2008 by Christine Jones
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 29 October 2009)
view of basin
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Noel Walley, 2004
Image Source: digital photograph by Noel Walley [www.llandudnochurches.co.uk]
Copyright Instructions: Image and Permission received (e-mail of 3 November 2004)
view of church exterior - southeast view
Scene Description: Photo caption: "Rebuilt in the 1850s after being badly damaged in a storm / Fe'i hailadeiladwyd yn y 1850au ar ol cael ei difrodi gan dymestl"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital photograph taken 5 May 2006 by Anatiomaros [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Eglwys_Tudno.JPG] [accessed 19 September 2013]
Copyright Instructions: Released by its author into the public domain
INFORMATION
Font ID: 10249LLA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century [basin only], Medieval [composite]
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Tudno / Eglwys Sant Tudno
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, SW corner
Church Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q13128106
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Tudno
Site Location: Conwy, Wales, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located on the Great Orme at Llandudno, in Colwyn Bay
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Bangor
Additional Comments: recycled font: base looks later
Font Notes:
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Noted in Rees (2003) as "the carved bowl" of the 12th-century church. Baptismal font consisting of a basin probably of the 12th century and a base of a later date; the basin is circular, the lower sides and underbowl hemispherical, but with the upper side indented and a vertical short side, all of it much damaged and worn; at the upper rim surface is a band of saw-tooth motif, whereas the sides display a variety of floral and foliated motifs, perhaps carved on it at a later date; the base consists of a plain cylindrical stem and a circular moulded lower base, the base modern.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Noel Walley, of www.llandudnochurches.co.uk, to Christine Jones, and to Dr. Madeleine Gray, of the School of Education/Ysgol Addysg, University of Wales, Newport/Prifysgol Cymru, Casnewydd, for their photographs of this font.
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Number of Pieces: two?
Font Shape: round, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
REFERENCES
- Rees, Elizabeth, An essential guide to Celtic sites and their saints, London; New York: Burns & Oates, 2003, p. 110