Bleddfa / Bleddva / Bledeach / Bledvach / Blethva / Blethvaugh

INFORMATION

FontID: 17185BLE
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Mary Magdalene [aka St. Mary's]
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary Magdalene
Country Name: Wales
Location: Powys
Directions to Site: Located on the A488, 10 lm WSW of Knighton [Coordinates: 52° 18′ 25.92″ N, 3° 9′ 44.28″ W 52.3072, -3.1623 -- UTM 30U 488934 5795219]
Historical Region: formerly Radnorshire
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end of the nave
Century and Period: 13th - 14th century, Medieval
Church Notes: wooden bell tower
A "very finely proportioned octagonal font" in this church is noted in The Architect (issue of 16 August 1873: 81). The Llangunllo & Bleddfa Community Council [http://llangunllobleddfa.wordpress.com/about/bleddfa/] [accessed 15 December 2010] reports a medieval octagonal font at the west end of this church. The CPAT Radnorshire Churches Survey Project database notes: "The earliest architecture dates from the 13thC, but there was considerable reconstruction work in the post-medieval era. Other than the font there is little in the way of medieval fittings in the building."

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal