Cowbridge / Y Bont-Faen / Pont y Fon / Pont Vaen
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view of font and cover
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Image Source: B&W photograph in Orrin (1988)
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view of church interior - plan
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © H.M.S.O., [1976?]
Image Source: plan from the RCAHM [1976?] reproduced in Orrin (1988)
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design element - motifs - moulding
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Orrin, 1988
Image Source: B&W photograph in Orrin (1988)
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design element - motifs - moulding
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Orrin, 1988
Image Source: B&W photograph in Orrin (1988)
Copyright Instructions: PERMISSION NOT AVAILABLE -- IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE
INFORMATION
Font ID: 12500COW
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 14th century, Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of the Holy Cross [earlier St. Mary]
Church Patron Saint(s): The Holy Cross [changed from earlier dedication to St. Mary in the beginning of the 20th century]
Church Notes: mid-13thC(?) church; much modified since;
Church Address: 8 Church St, Cowbridge CF71 7BB, United Kingdom -- Tel.: +44 1446 772302
Site Location: Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off the A4222, 11 km E of Bridgend, W of Cardiff
Additional Comments: disappeared font? the earlier font?
Font Notes:
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In Orrin (1988) as an octagonal mounted font of the 19th century [NB: Lewis' Dictionary of 1833 describes the church as "an ancient and venerable structure", but we have no information on the earlier font(s) of this church]. A plan of this church interior by the RCAHM, showing the location of the font in it, is reproduced in Orrin (1988). The entry for this church in Wikipedia [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_the_Holy_Cross,_Cowbridge] [accessed 2 July 2025] notes: "The font is a plain octagonal bowl which tapers down to a roll moulding, it is believed to be 14th century."
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 468876 5701131
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
LID INFORMATION
Date: 19th-century?
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: octagonal and flat
REFERENCES
- Orrin, Geoffrey R., Medieval Churches of the Vale of Glamorgan, Cowbridge: D. Brown & Sons, 1988, p. 90, ill. on p. 89; plan on p. 128