Garthbeibio

INFORMATION

Font ID: 12469GAR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century, Perpendicular
Church / Chapel Name: Church / Chapel of St. Tydecho, Garthbeibio
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Wikidata: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chapel_in_Foel_-_geograph.org.uk_-_211664.jpg
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Tydecho
Church Address: St Tydecho, Garthbeibio, Welshpool SY21 0NU, UK
Site Location: Powys, Wales, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located 15 km WNW of Llanvair / Llanfair,18 km SW of Llanfyllin, 18 km W of Welshpool
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Llandaff
Historical Region: formerly Montgomeryshire
Font Notes:
Noted in the inventory of the RCAHM (Montgomery, 1911): "The font is octagonal, and of 15th-century date." The CPAT Montgomery Churches Survey [www.cpat.demon.co.uk] [accessed 31 December 2006] notes that "the medieval font remains" inside the church

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

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

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 Montgomery, London: H.M. Stationary Office, 1911, p. 38