Brecon No. 3 / Ecclesia de Lanmays / Llanfaes
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view of basin
![the modern font [1945?]](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1180105004_compressed.png)
Scene Description: the modern font [1945?]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2017
Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 July 2017 by Colin Smith
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 5 January 2018)
view of church exterior - north view
![the modern font [1945?]](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1180105001_compressed.png)
Scene Description: the modern font [1945?]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2017
Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 July 2017 by Colin Smith
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 5 January 2018)
view of church exterior - south view
Scene Description: Source caption: "St David, Llanfaes. A Victorian church on an ancient site. First built in 1859-61 by unknown John Clayton of Hereford, with further additions in 1878 and 1923-5."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Philip Pankhurst, 2015
Image Source: digital photograph taken 27 April 2015 by Philip Pankhurst [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4481317] [accessed 5 January 2018]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-2.0
view of church interior - nave - looking east
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Philip Pankhurst, 2015
Image Source: digital photograph taken 27 April 2015 by Philip Pankhurst [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4481355] [accessed 5 January 2018]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-2.0
view of font and cover
Scene Description: the modern font [1945?]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2017
Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 July 2017 by Colin Smith
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 5 January 2018)
view of font and cover in context
![the modern font [1945?]](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1180105002_compressed.png)
Scene Description: the modern font [1945?]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2017
Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 July 2017 by Colin Smith
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 5 January 2018)
INFORMATION
FontID: 11981BRE
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. David / Llanfaes Church / Llandewi yn y Maes
Church Patron Saints: St. David [aka David of Wales, Davidus, Dewy]
Church Location: Bailihelig Rd, Llanfaes, Brecon, UK
Country Name: Wales
Location: Powys
Directions to Site: Located in a W suburb of Brecon, 1 km from the town centre
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Swansea and Brecon
Historical Region: formerly Breconshire/Radnorshire
Century and Period: 13th century, Medieval
Church Notes: original church documented 1291; present church Victorian re-building
Font Notes:
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Noted in the Historic Churches Preservation Trust (Recent Grants report of 16 March 2006): "Medieval font." The present font, octagonal basin with carved panels, on an octagonal pedestal base and lower base of the same shape is modern [1945?]
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 51.946575, -3.395142
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 51° 56′ 41.45″ N, 3° 24′ 05.1″ W