Coychurch / Coed du church / / Llangrallo

INFORMATION

Font ID: 17144COY

Object Type: Baptismal Font1

Font Century and Period/Style: 14th century, Decorated

Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church fo St. Crallo

Font Location in Church: Inside the church

Church Wikidata: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Crallo%27s_Church

Church Patron Saint(s): St. Crallo [aka Crallus]

Site Location: Bridgend, Wales, United Kingdom

Directions to Site: Located 4 km NE of, and now in the NE suburbs of Bridgend (dir. Pencoed) [Coordinates: 51° 30′ 21″ N, 3° 31′ 48″ W 51.505833, -3.53 -- UTM 30U 463216 5706211]

Historical Region: formerly Glamorgan

Font Notes: Click to view

Noted in an anonymous entry in the Archaeologia cambrensis (issue no. 32, October 1877: 297): "The font seems Decorated. It is composed of an octagonal bowl, upon a shaft to match".

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

Font Shape: octagonal, mounted

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal