Llanyblodwel

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B01: design element - patterns - diaper

[cf. Font notes]
Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]

INFORMATION

FontID: 12489LLA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Michael
Church Patron Saints: St. Michael
Country Name: England
Location: Shropshire, West Midlands
Directions to Site: Located off the A495, 10 km SW of Oswestry
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 12th century / 19th century, Norman? / Victorian?
Font Notes:
The National Gazetteer of 1868 reports "a Norman font" in this church, as does Wilson's (1870-1872). It is noted in Tyrrell-Green (1928) as "a curious example of early octagonal diapered font". Newman & Pevsner (2006), howver, attribute it to the Victorian vicar responsible for the 1846-1856 rebuilding of the earlier church: "Font. Octagonal, with simple geometrical ornament and sparse blobs. An attempt at Neo-Norman surely by Parker". [NB: the fabric of the earlier church is said to be Norman; could the font be a re-carving?]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

REFERENCES

The National Gazetteer: a Topographical Dictionary of the British Isles, London: Virtue & Co., 1868
Newman, John, Shropshire, New Haven: Yale University Press, 2006
Tyrrell-Green, E., Baptismal Fonts Classified and Illustrated, London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge: The Macmillan Co., 1928