Smeeth
INFORMATION
Font ID: 05986SME
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century, Perpendicular
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Mary
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Site Location: Kent, South East, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located just N of the A20, 8-10 km E of Ashford
Font Notes:
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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, p. 57
- Newman, John, North East and East Kent, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1976, p. 460
- Tyrrell-Green, E., Baptismal Fonts Classified and Illustrated, London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge: The Macmillan Co., 1928, p. 31