Otterden

INFORMATION

FontID: 05332OTT
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Lawrence
Church Patron Saints: St. Lawrence [aka Laurence]
Country Name: England
Location: Kent, South East
Directions to Site: Located 5 km NE of Lenham, 10 km SW of Faversham
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: Medieval
Font Notes:
Noted in Newman (1976): "Font. Contemporary [i.e., with the 1750s rebuilding of the old church by Rev. Granville Wheler]. Small marble bowl on a wrought iron tripod. The latest thing in the 1750s, no doubt." [NB: the original church goes back to the medieval period but we have no information on the earlier font(s) of this church].

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: mixed (stone and metal), marble (basin) -- wrought iron (base)

REFERENCES

Newman, John, North East and East Kent, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1976