Llanfair Lethonow / Gladestry

INFORMATION

Font ID: 12385GLA

Object Type: Baptismal Font1

Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century [basin only], Medieval [composite]

Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Mary the Virgin, Llanfair Lethonow

Font Location in Church: inside the church

Church Wikidata: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Mary%27s_Church,_Gladestry

Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin

Church Address: Llanvair Kilgeddin, Abergavenny NP7 9BG, United Kingdom -- Tel.: +44 20 4520 4458

Site Location: Powys, Wales, United Kingdom

Directions to Site: Located 6 km W of Kington, on the E bank of the Usk river

Historical Region: formerly Radnorshire

Font Notes: Click to view

Noted in www.offas-dyke.co.uk as a baptismal basin of the Norman period. The CPAT web site [www.cpat.demon.co.uk], Radnorshire Churches Survey, mentions a medieval font in this church.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone