Wenvoe / Wenfoe
INFORMATION
FontID: 12528WEN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Mary
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Country Name: Wales
Location: Vale of Glamorgan
Directions to Site: Located 10 km WSW of Cardiff
Century and Period: 13th - 14th century, Medieval
Font Notes:
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Noted in Orrin (1988): "The font is Victorian and has an octagonal bowl on a short circular stem of red marble. The bowl has a molded rim above a plain frieze and again beneath. The top of the stem has several mouldings and a large roll-moulding connects it with a plain octagonal base which rests on a plain square plinth." [NB: Lewis' Directory of 1833 describes the church as "a handsome structure, in the later style of English architecture" [i.e., the Perpendicular], and Orrin (1988) notes parts in the early Decorated style, but we have no information on the earlier font(s) of this church]
REFERENCES
Orrin, Geoffrey R., Medieval Churches of the Vale of Glamorgan, Cowbridge: D. Brown & Sons, 1988