Llandrillo-yn-Edeirnion
INFORMATION
FontID: 12258LLA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Trillo
Church Patron Saints: St. Trillo
Country Name: Wales
Location: Gwynedd
Directions to Site: Located on the B4401, between Bala and Corwen, in North Wales
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the SW corner of the nave
Date: ca. 1530?
Century and Period: 16th century(early?), Perpendicular
Font Notes:
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Noted in the Parish web site [www.llandrillo.demon.ul/llandrillo/parishchurch/index.htm]: "1530 A.D. font. The old font and plinth. The font is lead lined, and dates from about 1530. It would have been in use continuously in the pre 1875 church. It was restored to the church in November 1960, at the insistence of an Archdeacon, from the 1872 Vicarage where it had been in use as a flowerpot!" The same source reports a second font in the church, located in the centre of the nave, towards the north door: "1877 font [...] of Cefn stone, with a carved septagonal pyramidal cover, dated 1877, and paid for by Miss Wilson." [NB: the later font not listed in this Index on account of its date]
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Drainage Notes: lead lined