Freystrop

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 12442FRE
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century [altered font?], Norman [altered]
Cognate Fonts: [cf. FontNotes]
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Justinian, Freystrop
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Justinian
Church Address: Lower Freystrop, Haverfordwest SA62 4ET, United Kingdom -- Tel.: +44 1437 760708
Site Location: Pembrokeshire, Wales, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located E of the A4076, 4 km SSE of Haverfordwest
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of St David's
Additional Comments: altered: restored?
Town/City Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freystrop
Font Notes:
The RCAHMW (Pembroke, 1925) notes: "The church in 1874, was for the most par t rebuilt on the earlier foundations [...] The font is of the cushioned-capital type, 22 1/2 by 22 inches externally, the basin circular, 16 inches in diameter, total height 24 inches. It is supported on a stout central pillar, with shafts having circular bases of later date at each corner." Noted in Tyrrell-Green (1928) on a list of mostly Welsh fonts consisting of a square basin decorated with scallop motif (includes one from Bristol St Philip's and another from Thornbury, Gloucs., both bordering with Wales). Also in Thurlby (2006) in a long "List of scalloped table-top fonts in Pembrokeshire".

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: square, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: square
Diameter (inside rim): 40 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 60 cm*
Trapezoidal Basin: 55 x 56.25 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * [in inches in the RCAHMW (Pembroke, 1925)]

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, p. 100
  • Thurlby, Malcolm, Romanesque architecture and sculpture in Wales, Little Logaston, Woonton, Almeley, Herts.: Logaston Press, 2006, p. 188
  • Tyrrell-Green, E., Baptismal Fonts Classified and Illustrated, London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge: The Macmillan Co., 1928, p. 87