Detling
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Parish Church of Detling, Kent, 2006
Image Source: web site of the Parish Church of Detling, Kent [www.detlingparish.co.uk] [George E. Smith?]
Copyright Instructions: PERMISSION [requested] NOT AVAILABLE -- NOT FOR PUBLIC USE
INFORMATION
Font ID: 06131DET
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century [basin only] [composite font], Medieval [composite]
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Martin
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Martin of Tours
Site Location: Kent, South East, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off the A249, 4-5 km NE of Maidstone
Additional Comments: altered font: the base is modern
Font Notes:
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Listed in Tyrrell-Green (1928) as a dodecagonal mounted baptismal font, "a large plain bowl upon plain cylindrical supports". In Newman (1976): Font. Plain twelve-sided bowl on a modern base. C13?" The Parish web site [www.detlingparish.co.uk] notes: "the columnar support is modern but it is believed to be a copy of the earlier support."
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: dodecagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: dodecagonal
Drainage Notes: lead lining
REFERENCES
- Newman, John, North East and East Kent, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1976, p. 281
- Tyrrell-Green, E., Baptismal Fonts Classified and Illustrated, London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge: The Macmillan Co., 1928, p. 34