Swalecliffe

INFORMATION

FontID: 06934SWA
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. John the Baptist
Church Patron Saints: St. John the Baptist
Country Name: England
Location: Kent, South East
Directions to Site: Located on the bay, just W of Herne Bay, E of Whistable
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 13th century, Early English
Described in Glynne (1877): "The font has an octagonal bowl, on four shafts and octagonal plinth." Listed in Cox & Harvey (1907) as a baptismal font of the Early English period.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

REFERENCES

Cox, John Charles, English Church Furniture, New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1907
Glynne, Steven Richard, Sir, Notes on the churches of Kent, London: John Murray, 1877