Cardiff / Caerdydd / Cayrdyf / Kairdif / Keyrdyf
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2009
Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 July 2009 by Colin Smith
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
INFORMATION
FontID: 15072CAR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. John the Baptist
Church Patron Saints: St. John the Baptist
Country Name: Wales
Location: Cardiff
Directions to Site: Located in the city centre
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Llandaff
Century and Period: 12th century, Late Norman? / Transitional?
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Colin Smith for the photograph of this modern font
Font Notes:
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Although the church dates to the 12th century the present font, an octagonal one in the style of the 15th-century, dates probably from the Victorian period; it consists of an octagonal basin decorated with pairs of cinquefoil arches on the sides; pairs of trefoil arches decorate the octagonal stem, between two mouldings; the splaying lower base is also octagonal, as is the two-step plinth. The wooden cover has eight crocketed ribs that converge at the angel (?) finial; it looks 19th-century as well.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 51.48072, -3.17837
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 51° 28′ 50.59″ N, 3° 10′ 42.13″ W
UTM: 30U 487614 5703300
LID INFORMATION
Date: 19th-century?
Material: wood, oak?
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]