Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Font in garden at Cefnamwlch
Tudweiliog, Gwynedd, Wales
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
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 5 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1608 "(13) Cambriae Typus." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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
- CefnamwlchDomesticunder 1 mi
- Mounting Block at CefnamwlchDomesticunder 1 mi
- Gatehouse at CefnamwlchDomesticunder 1 mi
- Coach House at CefnamwlchDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.