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Font in garden at Cefnamwlch

Tudweiliog, Gwynedd, Wales

A Grade II listed building in Cefnamwlch, Pwllheli, Tudweiliog, Gwynedd, designated on 2 March 1998.

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1913) covering the location of Font in garden at Cefnamwlch, Tudweiliog, Gwynedd, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1913), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Designation
Listed building, Grade II
Broad class
Domestic
Date of designation
2 March 1998
Locality
Cefnamwlch
Town
Pwllheli
Community
Tudweiliog
Unitary authority
Gwynedd
Country
Wales
Coordinates
52.88619, -4.62512
Cadw reference
19436

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1608 map "(13) Cambriae Typus." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1608 · (13) Cambriae Typus. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1830 · V.3:11-15:XV. Britisches Reich. A. Kon: England. b. Frstenthum Wales: Shire: 37-40 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1883 · Watershed map England, Wales 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1899 · 134 Pwllheli (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1901 · Sheet 9 and 10. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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Cadw's description

Location

Situated in the lawned garden at Cefnamwlch, some 80m NE of the main house.

History

Medieval font, possibly C14, from Tudweiliog parish church, removed when the church was rebuilt in 1849, and reused as a garden ornament.

Exterior

Medieval font, gritstone, octagonal bowl, slightly chamfered below. Octagonal shaft with rounded angles and pyramid stops at lower angles. Square plinth.

Reason for designation

A medieval font.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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