Aberffraw / Aberfraw
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Thurlby, 2006
Image Source: B&W photograph in Thurlby (2006)
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Thurlby, 2006
Image Source: detail of a B&W photograph in Thurlby (2006)
Copyright Instructions: PERMISSION NOT AVAILABLE -- IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE
INFORMATION
Font ID: 12455ABE
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Beuno, Aberffraw
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, by the blocked W arch of the nave
Church Wikidata: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Beuno%27s_Church,_Aberffraw
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Beuno [aka Bono, Bonus]
Church Address: St Beuno's Chuch, Church St, Aberffraw, Ty Croes LL63 5LQ, United Kingdom
Site Location: Anglesey, Gwynedd, Wales, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located on the A4080, 15 km SW of Llangefni
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Anglesey
Additional Comments: disappeared font? [cf. FontNotes]
Font Notes:
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Although there is Norman evidence still left in St. Beuno's, much of the edifice dates from its rebuilding in the 16 century. The almost plain octagonal font consists of an octagonal basin with a graded moulding at the upper rim, plain sides and plain chamfered underbowl with a thin moulding where it meets the plain octagonal stem; stands on a quadragular plinth. The font could be 16th century or later. Octagonal pyramidal font cover, the base with a scalloped border; tipped with a tiny figural sculpture; probably modern. [NB: we have no information of the earlier font of this church]
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern?
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
REFERENCES
- Thurlby, Malcolm, Romanesque architecture and sculpture in Wales, Little Logaston, Woonton, Almeley, Herts.: Logaston Press, 2006, fig. 296