Llanwrin
INFORMATION
Font ID: 17099LLA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th - 16th century, Perpendicular
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Gwrin
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Wikidata: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Church_of_St_Gwrin,_Llanwrin_-_geograph.org.uk_-_240590.jpg
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Gwrin
Site Location: Powys, Wales, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located on the B4404, 6 km NE of Machynlleth, 13 SW of of Dinas Mowddy
Historical Region: formerly Montgomeryshire
Font Notes:
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The RCAHM (Montgomery, 1911) records a Perpendicular font in this church. The CPAT Montgomeryshire Churches Survey Project [www.cpat.demon.co.uk] reports a font in this church; no further details given.
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
REFERENCES
- Great Britain. Royal Commission on Ancient Monuments and Constructions in Wales and Monmouthshire, An inventory of the ancient and historical monuments of the County of Montgomery, London: H.M. Stationary Office, 1911, vol. 1: 141