Smeeth

INFORMATION

FontID: 05986SME
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Mary
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Country Name: England
Location: Kent, South East
Directions to Site: Located just N of the A20, 8-10 km E of Ashford
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 15th century, Perpendicular
Noted in Glynne (1877): "The font is a plain octagon". Listed in Tyrrell-Green (1928) as one in a very large group of baptismal fonts that are plain octagonal with straightsided basins. Noted in Newman (1976): "Font. Perp[endicular]. Octagonal, but a round stem." [NB: the fabric of the church goes back to Norman times, but we have no information on the earlier font]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

REFERENCES

Glynne, Steven Richard, Sir, Notes on the churches of Kent, London: John Murray, 1877
Newman, John, North East and East Kent, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1976
Tyrrell-Green, E., Baptismal Fonts Classified and Illustrated, London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge: The Macmillan Co., 1928