Gileston
INFORMATION
Font ID: 12529GIL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century, Norman
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Giles / St. Mabon
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17744422
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Giles [aka Aegidus, Egidus, Gilles]
Site Location: Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located 10 km SE of Cowbridge
Font Notes:
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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, p. 90, 169