Llangwm Isaf / Lower Llangwm

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view of church exterior in context - northwest view

Source caption: "St John, Llangwm Isaf. Rebuilt by John Prichard in 1849-51, this tiny church is still in use, unlike St Jerome's just down the lane. It is an ancient site and the church is hemmed in by yew trees, many of which could be older than the church."
Scene Description: Source caption: "St John, Llangwm Isaf. Rebuilt by John Prichard in 1849-51, this tiny church is still in use, unlike St Jerome's just down the lane. It is an ancient site and the church is hemmed in by yew trees, many of which could be older than the church."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Philip Pankhurst, 2017
Image Source: digital photograph taken 24 August 2017 by Philip Pankhurst [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5518818] [accessed 24 January 2020]
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view of church interior - nave - looking east

Source caption: "St John, Llangwm Isaf. Still in use, this tiny church has a medieval origin but was rebuilt from ruins by John Prichard 1849-51."
Scene Description: Source caption: "St John, Llangwm Isaf. Still in use, this tiny church has a medieval origin but was rebuilt from ruins by John Prichard 1849-51."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Philip Pankhurst, 2017
Image Source: digital photograph taken 24 August 2017 by Philip Pankhurst [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5518797] [accessed 24 January 2020]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-2.0

view of church interior - nave - looking west

Source caption: "Small, a simple rectangle with a west porch and a bellcote over the chancel arch. The west front and porch possible medieval but the rest rebuilt in the C19 by Prichard and very dull."
Scene Description: Source caption: "Small, a simple rectangle with a west porch and a bellcote over the chancel arch. The west front and porch possible medieval but the rest rebuilt in the C19 by Prichard and very dull."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © ChurchCrawler, 2008
Image Source: digital photograph taken 1 July 2008 by ChurchCrawler [www.flickr.com/photos/churchcrawler/2630145871/] [accessed 24 January 2020]
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view of font and cover in context

the font is partially visible in the northwest corner, by the west doorway; it appears modern, probably of the 19thC re-bulding of the medieval church here
Scene Description: the font is partially visible in the northwest corner, by the west doorway; it appears modern, probably of the 19thC re-bulding of the medieval church here
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © ChurchCrawler, 2008
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 1 July 2008 by ChurchCrawler [www.flickr.com/photos/churchcrawler/2630145871/] [accessed 24 January 2020]
Copyright Instructions: PERMISSION NOT AVAILABLE -- IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE

INFORMATION

FontID: 22567LLA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Church/Chapel: Church of St. John
Church Patron Saints: St. John
Church Location: Llangwm Isaf, Usk NP15 1HA, UK
Country Name: Wales
Location: Monmouthshire
Directions to Site: Located off the B4235, 5 km E of Usk [NB: not to be mistaken with another Llangwm with a church dedicated to St. Jermoe in Pembrokeshire]
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of St Asaph
Century and Period: Medieval
Font Notes:
The entry for this church in COFLEIN [https://www.coflein.gov.uk/en/site/307307/details/st-johns-church-llangwm-isaf] [accessed 24 January 2020] mentions a 15th-century rood screen but no font in it. There is a font located in the northwest corner of the re-built church; like most of the building itself, it appaers to be 19th-century. [NB: we have no information on the font of the medieval church here].

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 51.696078, -2.830586