Llanfrynach

INFORMATION

FontID: 12593LLA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Brynach
Church Patron Saints: St. Brynach
Country Name: Wales
Location: Vale of Glamorgan
Directions to Site: Located off the A48, W of Cowbridge [NB: not to be mistaken with another 'Llanfrynach' in Powys]
Century and Period: 13th century, Early English
Font Notes:
A later font is noted in Orrin (1988): "The font which stands under the tower has an octagonal bowl set on a slender stem which rests on three steps. Round the top of the rim is the inscription: --'T.C. L.C. churchwardens 1745.'" [NB: although the original fabric of the church is probably 13th-century, we have no information on the earlier font(s) of this church]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

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

INSCRIPTION

Inscription Language: English
Inscription Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
Inscription Location: around the upper rim of the basin
Inscription Text: "T.C. L.G. churchwardens 1745"
Inscription Source: Orrin (1988: 208)

REFERENCES

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