Lawrenny / Lawrenney

INFORMATION

Font ID: 12405LAW
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Norman
Cognate Fonts: several other such cushion-capital fonts in Pembrokeshire
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Caradoc, / Lawrenny
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17742687
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Caradoc [aka Caradog]
Church Notes: 12thC church; much modified since
Church Address: St Caradog, Lawrenny, Kilgetty SA68 0PW, UK
Site Location: Pembrokeshire, Wales, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off (N) the A477, 8 km NNE of Pembroke
Font Notes:
Noted in the RCAHMW (Pembroke, 1925) as a Norman font. In Thurlby (2006) as a baptismal font of the Norman period in the cushion-capital style

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: square, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: square

REFERENCES

  • Great Britain. Royal Commission on Ancient Monuments and Constructions in Wales and Monmouthshire, An inventory of the ancient and historical monuments of the County of Pembroke, London: H.M. Stationary Office, 1925, no. 385
  • Thurlby, Malcolm, Romanesque architecture and sculpture in Wales, Little Logaston, Woonton, Almeley, Herts.: Logaston Press, 2006, p. 187