St. Pierre nr. Mathern
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © M. Thurlby, 2006
Image Source: B&W photograph in Thurlby (2006)
Copyright Instructions: PERMISSION NOT AVAILABLE -- IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE
INFORMATION
FontID: 12364PIE
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Peter
Church Patron Saints: St. Peter
Country Name: Wales
Location: Monmouthshire
Directions to Site: Located near Mathern, 3 km S of Chepstow
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in W end the nave, near the N door
Century and Period: Medieval [composite]
Font Notes:
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The baptismal font, located in the west end of the nave, just inside the north door, appears to be of a composite nature: the octagonal basin, of shallow sides but with a tall concave underbowl, may be late medieval and certainly appears very weathered and battered, especially around the upper rim; not so the columnar base, that may perhaps date from the Victorian restoration [1874]. The whole is raised on an octagonal plinth. Illustrated in context in Thurlby (2006)
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
REFERENCES
Thurlby, Malcolm, Romanesque architecture and sculpture in Wales, Little Logaston, Woonton, Almeley, Herts.: Logaston Press, 2006