Llandrillo-yn-Edeirnion / Edeyrn

INFORMATION

Font ID: 12258LLA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: ca. 1530?
Font Century and Period/Style: 16th century(early?), Perpendicular
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Trillo, Llandrillo-yn-Edeirnion / Edeyrn
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the SW corner of the nave
Church Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q29481204
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Trillo
Church Address: 6 High St, Llandrillo, Corwen LL21 0TL, United Kingdom -- Tel.: +44 7493 935281
Site Location: Gwynedd, North Wales, Wales, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off the B4401, between Bala and Corwen, in North Wales
Historical Region: Denbighshire
Additional Comments: replaced font / disused font / re-cycled font / flowerpot / restored font
Font Notes:
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