Llandudno

Image copyright © Noel Walley, 2004

Image and Permission received (e-mail of 3 November 2004)

Results: 7 records

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 - 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 - 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

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)

INFORMATION

FontID: 10249LLA
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Tudno / Eglwys Sant Tudno
Church Patron Saints: St. Tudno
Country Name: Wales
Location: Conwy
Directions to Site: Located on the Great Orme at Llandudno, in Colwyn Bay
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Bangor
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, SW corner
Century and Period: 12th century [basin only], Medieval [composite]
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.
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.

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