St. Nicholas nr. Fishguard / Saint Nicholas / Tremarchog

INFORMATION

FontID: 10274NIC

Object Type: Baptismal Font1

Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Nicholas

Church Patron Saints: St. Nicholas of Myra

Country Name: Wales

Location: Pembrokeshire

Directions to Site: Located 8 km SW of Fishguard

Font Location in Church: Inside the church

Century and Period: Medieval

Font Notes: Click to view

The RCAHMW (Pembroke, 1925) reports a square font in this church. Described in Lloyd, etc. (2001): "Font. Medieval, plain, square bowl on a round shaft."

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

Number of Pieces: two

Font Shape: square (mounted)

Basin Exterior Shape: square

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