Boughton Aluph

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 06142BOU
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century, Perpendicular
Workshop/Group/Artisan: heraldic font
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of All Saints
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): All Saints
Site Location: Kent, South East, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located betwen the A28 and the A251, 6-7 km N of Ashford, 15-16 km WSW of Canterbury
Font Notes:
Noted in Glynne (1877): "The font has an octagonal bowl, with shields on a base of like form; not of good work." Listed in Tyrrell-Green (1928) as an early baptismal font "with concave sides and octagonal in plan". Noted in Newman (1976) as a font of the Perpendicular period.

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. 126
  • Newman, John, North East and East Kent, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1976, p. 151
  • Tyrrell-Green, E., Baptismal Fonts Classified and Illustrated, London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge: The Macmillan Co., 1928, p. 36