Kenn nr. Clevedon
INFORMATION
Font ID: 06035KEN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 14th - 15th century, Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. John the Evangelist
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. John the Evangelist
Site Location: Somerset, South West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located just SE of Clevedon, right across the Mouth of the Severn from Cardiff
Font Notes:
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Listed in Tyrrell-Green (1928) as one in a very large group of baptismal fonts that are plain octagonal with straightsided basins. Not mentioned in Pevsner (1958)
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
REFERENCES
- Tyrrell-Green, E., Baptismal Fonts Classified and Illustrated, London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge: The Macmillan Co., 1928, p. 32