Wiston nr. Haverfordwest / Castle Gwys / Wizton

Results: 2 records

INFORMATION

Font ID: 10307WIS
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century [re-tooled], Norman [altered]
Cognate Fonts: [cf. FontNotes]
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Mary
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17743671
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Site Location: Pembrokeshire, Wales, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located 8 km ENE of Haverfordwest, 24 km NE of Pembroke
Additional Comments: recycled font: Norman font -- re-tooled
Font Notes:
The RCAHMW (Pembroke, 1925) reports a cushion-capital font in this church. Described in Lloyd, etc. (2001): "Font. Square scalloped Norman bowl, cable moulding on the pedestal. Retooled." Noted in Thurlby (2006) in a long "List of scalloped table-top fonts in Pembrokeshire".

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
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, no. 1195
  • Lloyd, Thomas, Pembrokeshire, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2004, p. 495
  • Thurlby, Malcolm, Romanesque architecture and sculpture in Wales, Little Logaston, Woonton, Almeley, Herts.: Logaston Press, 2006, p. 188