Offham nr. Maidstone
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Image Source: Detail of an engraving in Archaeology (vol. XI, pl. XII)
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 05504OFF
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th - 16th century, Late Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Michael
Font Location in Church: Inside the church?
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Michael
Site Location: Kent, South East, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located just S of the M20, about 12 km S of Rochester, 10 km W of Maidstone
Font Notes:
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Not mentioned in Glynne (1877). Listed in Bond (1908) as one of several "very small size fonts" raised on tall pedestals. It probably dates from the 15th or 16th century. Engraving in Archaeology (vol. XI, pl. XII)
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: square, mounted
Basin Exterior Shape: square
LID INFORMATION
Date: 17th - 18th century?
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: square pyramidal, with crocketed arrises and a foliated finial
REFERENCES
- Bond, Francis, Fonts and Font Covers, London: Waterstone, 1985 c1908, p. 32