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
Font ID: 12364PIE
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: Medieval [composite]
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Peter
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in W end the nave, near the N door
Church Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q26196894
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Peter
Church Address: St Pierre Park, St Peter, Chepstow NP16 6JA, UK
Site Location: Monmouthshire, South Wales, Wales, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located S of the M48/A48, near Mathern, 5 km W of Chepstow, 20-22 km E of Newport
Additional Comments: composite font? [cf. FontNotes]
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)
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 520548 5717840
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 51.61122, -2.70325
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 51° 36′ 40.39″ N, 2° 42′ 11.7″ W
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, fig. 67 on p. 55