Rhoscolyn / Rhôscolyn

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 12450RHO
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century, Perpendicular
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Gwenfaen, Rhôscolyn
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Wikidata: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Gwenfaen%27s_Church,_Rhoscolyn
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Gwenvaen [aka Gwenfaen]
Church Notes: a church here established by 630 AD; re-built 15thC; present church is a late-19thC re-building
Church Address: Rhoscolyn LL65 2SQ, United Kingdom
Site Location: Anglesey, Gwynedd, Wales, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located on Holy Island, on the SW area of the Isle of Anglesey
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Bangor
Font Notes:
Noted in Lewis' Dictionary edition of 1849: "The font is of the fifteenth century, of rather singular design". The entry for this church in BritishListedBuildings.co.uk [https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/300005326-church-of-st-gwenfaen-rhoscolyn] [accessed 1 July 2025] notes: "Late C15 3-tiered octagonal font, the lower 2 tiers conical and converging towards each other; set on a chamfered base. Facing panels of the bowl decorated with mix of recessed round and cusped arches, saltires and one with a quatrefoil; lower tiers with plain and trefoil arches and saltires."

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted

REFERENCES

  • Lewis, Samuel, A Topographical Dictionary of England, Comprising the Several Counties, Cities, Boroughs, Corporate and Market Towns, Parishes, Chapelries, and Townships, and the Islands of Guernsy, Jersey, and Man, with Historical and Statistical Descriptions [...], London: S. Lewis, 1831, [www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=47882] [accessed 20 December 2006]