Canterbury No. 10

INFORMATION

Font ID: 06881CAN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 11th - 12th century, Norman
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Peter
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Peter
Site Location: Kent, South East, England, United Kingdom
Font Notes:
Described in Glynne (1877): "The font is square and plain." Described in Cox (1905): "The font is massive square (2 ft. 3 in.) of Bethersden marble, and is probably of the same period [as the tower, i.e., early Norman] a seventeenth-century font-cover is in a kind of vestry at the west end of the wide south aisle, and the elaborate ironwork and pulleys for its support in a small rubbish chamber under the tower. It is much to be desired that this handsome cover and iron support could be restored." Listed in Cox & Harvey (1907) as a noteworthy baptismal font of the Norman period.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: square
Basin Exterior Shape: square
Trapezoidal Basin: 67.5 x 67.5 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * [in ft. and in. in Cox (1905)]

REFERENCES

  • Cox, John Charles, Canterbury, a historical and topographical account of the city, London: Methuen, 1905, p. 251
  • Cox, John Charles, English Church Furniture, New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1907, p. 204
  • Glynne, Steven Richard, Sir, Notes on the churches of Kent, London: John Murray, 1877, p. 19