Penegoes / Penegees / Penegos / Penegwest
INFORMATION
Font ID: 17104PEN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century, Perpendicular
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St Cadfarch
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Cadfarch [aka Cadvarch]
Site Location: Powys, Wales, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located on the A489, just W of Machynlleth, between Cemmaes Road and Machynlleth [Coordinates: 52° 35′ 32.82″ N, 3° 48′ 28.69″ W 52.59245, -3.80797]
Historical Region: formerly Montgomeryshire
Additional Comments: disused font: missing base
Town/City Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penegoes
Font Notes:
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The RCAHM (Montgomey, 1911) records: "The early font, a rude octagonal basin of stone, devoid of any form of ornament, now lies on the floor at the west end of the church; it is of 15th-century date."
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal
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: 165