Rhoscrowther No. 1 / Rhôscrowther / Rhôsycrythor
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 10263RHO
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Late Norman / Transitional?
Cognate Fonts: [cf. FontNotes]
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Decuman [disused]
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17742424
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Decumanus [aka Decuman, Degyman]
Site Location: Pembrokeshire, Wales, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located 8 km W of Pembroke, near Milford Haven
Additional Comments: whitewashed font
Font Notes:
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Described in Lloyd (2001) as a "small whitewashed, scalloped square font" of the 12th or 13th century. Noted in Thurlby (2006) in a long "List of scalloped table-top fonts in Pembrokeshire". [cf. Index entry for Rhoscrowther No. 2 for a larger font, originally from nearby Pwllcrochan, now in the porch of this church]
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: square, mounted
Basin Exterior Shape: square
REFERENCES
- Lloyd, Thomas, Pembrokeshire, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2004, p. 373
- Thurlby, Malcolm, Romanesque architecture and sculpture in Wales, Little Logaston, Woonton, Almeley, Herts.: Logaston Press, 2006, p. 188