Swalecliffe
INFORMATION
Font ID: 06934SWA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century, Early English
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. John the Baptist
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. John the Baptist
Site Location: Kent, South East, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located on the bay, just W of Herne Bay, E of Whistable
Font Notes:
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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, p. 204
- Glynne, Steven Richard, Sir, Notes on the churches of Kent, London: John Murray, 1877, p. 134