Llantrisant nr. Llanerchymedd

The CADW Listed Bulding Database Record / Cofnod Cronfa Ddata o Adeiladau Rhestredig [http://jura.rcahms.gov.uk/cadw] [Listed Building Reference: 5314 - Grade: II* - Date Listed: 05/04/1971 - Date Amended: 14/03/2001] reports: "Listed in the Valuation of Norwich of 1254 where it is referred to as Ecclesia de Clansann, the present church was probably built in late C14 with S chapel added in C17. Became redundant once the new church was built in the nearby hamlet of Llantrisant in 1899. By 1937 the church was in disrepair and in 1970 was roofless and in ruins. Restored in 1976-7 with the aid of grants and gifts with the support of The Friends of Friendless Churches Society, who currently maintain the building [...] The C12 font has been reset at the W end of the nave, a deep circular bowl with moulded rim and base, on a circular column set on a stepped rough stone base." The font consists of an original Norman basin of round tapering shape, decorated with three roll mouldings at the upper rim, and two at the bottom; it must have been broken up into pieces that were later cemented together; there is damage to the upper rim consistent with the removal of metal staples from the old cover; the basin is now raised on a plain cylindrical stem and a square lower base. This was not originally the product of a highly-skilled sculptor or mason, and the damage has done little to improve its appearance. The wooden cover is plain and flat, with metal decoration and ring handle. The Photos of Churches web site entry for the Church at Llantrisant, Anglesey [www.photosofchurches.com/anglesey-llantrisant-old-church.htm], informs: "The font came from the smallest church in Buckinghamshire, St Michael and All Saints at Grove. When that church was made redundant in the 1960's, the font was removed and sent to Llantrisant." [NB: we have no information on the font(s) from the original church here]