Garthbeibio

INFORMATION

FontID: 12469GAR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Church / Chapel of St. Tydecho
Church Patron Saints: St. Tydecho
Country Name: Wales
Location: Powys
Directions to Site: Located 15 km WNW of Llanvair / Llanfair,18 km SW of Llanfyllin, 18 km W of Welshpool
Historical Region: formerly Montgomeryshire
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 15th century, Perpendicular
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