Rhoscrowther No. 2 / Rhôscrowther / Rhôsycrythor
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 10264PWL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: [originally from the Parish Church of St. Mary, Pwllcrochan]
Font Location in Church: as off 1981/1982 this font was moved to the porch of the parish church at nearby Rhoscrowther
Church Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17742424
Church Notes: A Texaco web site [www.texaco.co.uk/biodiversity/Manmade/pwllcrochan.htm] mentions that this church was closed in 1982. Lloyd (2001: 371) informs that it was "converted to a house in 1994".
Site Location: Pembrokeshire, Wales, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located 8 km W of Pembroke
Additional Comments: recycled font / abandoned font: now in the porch of a neighbouring church
Font Notes:
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Lloyd (2001) mentions that "the font and monuments have been transferred to Rhoscrowther". Later, in the entry for Rhoscrowther (ibid.) the font, now in the porch of St. Decuman's, Rhoscrowther, is a large scalloped font of the 12th or 13th century. [cf. Index entry for Rhoscrowther No. 1 for a smaller font in this church]
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: square
Basin Exterior Shape: square
REFERENCES
- Lloyd, Thomas, Pembrokeshire, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2004, p. 371, 373