Hasguard / Huscard

INFORMATION

Font ID: 17129HAS
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 14th century, Decorated
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Peter [closed in 1979]
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Church Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q29490320
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Peter
Site Location: Pembrokeshire, Wales, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located 7-8 km WNW of Milford [Coordinates: 51° 44′ 35.9″ N, 5° 6′ 38.5″ W 51.743306, -5.110694 -- UTM 30U 354280 5734597]
Additional Comments: disused font -- disappeared font? The earlier font of the original church?
Font Notes:
The RCAHMW (Pembroke, 1925) record of their 16 September 1920 visit notes: "The church has been carefully restored, and the chancel entirely rebuilt. The original building probably dates from the last quarter of the 12th or first quarter of the 13th century [...] The font bowl is octagonal on a circular shaft; it is of the 14th century." The Hasguard entry by Mike Berrell in Steve Bulman's 'The Churches of Britain and Ireland' site [http://www.churches-uk-ireland.org/pembroke.html] notes: "the remains of St. Peter. Closed in 1979, the roof was later removed and the building managed as a "controlled ruin". SM 854 095. © Mike Berrell (2010)" [NB: we have no information on the whereabouts of the font; it may still be in the "controlled ruin"].

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 Pembroke, London: H.M. Stationary Office, 1925, p. 108