Llanwyddelan

INFORMATION

FontID: 17100LLA
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Gwyddelan
Church Patron Saints: St. Gwyddelan
Country Name: Wales
Location: Powys
Directions to Site: Located 6 km S of Llanfair, 10 km N of Newtown
Historical Region: formerly Montgomeryshire
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 15th century (late?), Perpendicular
The RCAHM (Montgomery, 1911) records a font in the present church, originally from the earlier church that was pulled down in 1865; the font is described as being "of late 15th-century date, octagonal in shape and clumsy in appearance." The CPAT Montgomeryshire Churches Survey Project [www.cpat.demon.co.uk] reports a medieval font in this church.

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