Gumfreston No. 2 / Gumfrestone

INFORMATION

Font ID: 13225GUM
Object Type: Stoup
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century, Perpendicular
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Lawrence
Font Location in Church: In the porch, right-hand side of the doorway
Church Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17743385
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Lawrence [aka Laurence]
Site Location: Pembrokeshire, Wales, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located 2.5 km WNW of Tenby
Font Notes:
Mason (1856) writes: "At the west end of the nave is the only entrance into the church, under a porch of Early Perpendicular curves in its archway; and at the right-hand corner occurs the stoup for holy water, and octagonal font, let into the main wall of the church, and partly projecting into the porch". Mason's description is commented on in The Gentleman's Magazine (issue for July-Dec, 1856, p. 550): "We see no reason for calling a stoup a font; it is merely a plain stone basin let into the wall, and rather larger than usual: there is no ground to suppose there is a drain to it, or that it was ever used for baptismal purposes".

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal, wall mounted
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Drainage System: [cf. FontNotes]

REFERENCES

  • Mason, R., A Guide to the Town of Tenby and its Neighbourhood, Tenby: [s.n.], 1856