Brithdir
INFORMATION
Font ID: 12486BRI
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: Modern
Workshop/Group/Artisan: lead font
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Mark, Brithdir [redundant]
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Wikidata: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Mark%27s_Church,_Brithdir
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mark
Church Notes: one of the finest Arts and Crafts churches in Wales -- redundant-- under the care of the Friends of Friendless Churches
Church Address: Brithdir, Dolgellau LL40 2RN, United Kingdom -- Tel.: +44 20 4520 4458
Site Location: Gwynedd, Wales, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located on the B4416, just E of Dolgellau
Font Notes:
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Described in the Civic Trust Wales web site [www.civictrustwales.org] as a lead font. The entry for this church in the Wikipedia
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Mark's_Church,_Brithdir] [accessed 1 July 2025] notes: "The lead font has a circular bowl carried on an octagonal column. It was cast at the Central School of Art and Design in London, and is decorated with leaf patterns and Christian monograms." The font is illustrated in a 29 August 2013 digital photograph by Pjposullivan [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Font_in_St_Mark's_Church,_Brithdir,_Gwynedd.JPG] [accessed 1 July 2025]; the lead basin is cylindrical in shape, decorated with a broad vine running between wavy mouldings; there are motifs and symbols in the spandrels of the wave (cross, flower, shel, etc.); raised on a plain octagonal pedestal of stone.
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Mark's_Church,_Brithdir] [accessed 1 July 2025] notes: "The lead font has a circular bowl carried on an octagonal column. It was cast at the Central School of Art and Design in London, and is decorated with leaf patterns and Christian monograms." The font is illustrated in a 29 August 2013 digital photograph by Pjposullivan [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Font_in_St_Mark's_Church,_Brithdir,_Gwynedd.JPG] [accessed 1 July 2025]; the lead basin is cylindrical in shape, decorated with a broad vine running between wavy mouldings; there are motifs and symbols in the spandrels of the wave (cross, flower, shel, etc.); raised on a plain octagonal pedestal of stone.
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: metal, lead (basin only) -- stone (base only)
Font Shape: cylindrical, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round