Gileston

INFORMATION

FontID: 12529GIL

Object Type: Baptismal Font1

Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Giles / St. Mabon

Church Patron Saints: St. Giles [aka Aegidus, Egidus, Gilles]

Country Name: Wales

Location: Vale of Glamorgan

Directions to Site: Located 10 km SE of Cowbridge

Font Location in Church: Inside the church

Century and Period: 12th century, Norman

Font Notes: Click to view

Described in Orrin (1988): "The Norman font of Sutton stone is plain and cylindrical without mouldings or ornament set on a round stem. The oak cover is conical and has eight carved panels of Jacobean-style design."

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, Sutton stone

Font Shape: cylindrical (mounted)

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: round

LID INFORMATION

Date: 17th century? / Jacobean?

Material: wood, oak

Notes: [cf. FontNotes]

REFERENCES

Orrin, Geoffrey R., Medieval Churches of the Vale of Glamorgan, Cowbridge: D. Brown & Sons, 1988