Llanfechain

INFORMATION

Font ID: 12473LLA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 16th century, Perpendicular
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Garmon, Llanfechain
Font Location in Church: Inside the church [cf. FontNotes]
Church Wikidata: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Garmon%27s_Church,_Llanfechain
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Germanus of Man [aka Garmon, German
Church Address: 2 Maes Dinas, Llanfechain SY22 6YR, United Kingdom
Site Location: Powys, Wales, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located on the B4393, 15 km NNW of Welshpool [Coordinates: 52° 46′ 31.08″ N, 3° 12′ 13.32″ W 52.7753, -3.2037]
Historical Region: formerly Montgomeryshire
Additional Comments: altered font: raised on a pedestal in 1859 -- font cover partially visible in Thurlby (2006: fig. 392)
Font Notes:
The RCAHM (Montgomery, 1911) notes: "The font is of the 16th century". The CPAT Montgomery Churches Survey [www.cpat.demon.co.uk] [accessed 31 December 2006] notes that in the 1859 restoration under R.K. Penson, "the font was placed on a raised pedestal near the south door". The wooden font cover is tall and decorated with open-work tracery.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

LID INFORMATION

Date: 19th century?
Material: wood
Apparatus: yes -- pulley
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]

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, vol. 1: 89