Llanmihangel / Llanvihangel Y Bont Faen / Llanfihangel Y Bont Faen / Llanvihangel Pont y Fon / Llanvihangel Pont Vaen

INFORMATION

Font ID: 12610LLA

Object Type: Baptismal Font1

Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Late Norman / Transitional?

Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Michael and All Angels

Font Location in Church: Inside the church

Church Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17744264

Church Patron Saint(s): St. Michael & All Angels

Site Location: Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom

Directions to Site: Located 4 km SW of Cowbridge

Font Notes: Click to view

Described in Orrin (1988): "The font is massive and of very simple design. The basin is square with chamfered corners, the supporting stem is circular resting on a square plinth."

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

Font Shape: square, mounted

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: square

REFERENCES

Orrin, Geoffrey R., Medieval Churches of the Vale of Glamorgan, Cowbridge: D. Brown & Sons, 1988, p. 224