Ulcombe
INFORMATION
Font ID: 06936ULC
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century, Early English
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 10-12 km ESE of Maidstone
Font Notes:
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Described in Glynne (1877): "The font has a square bowl, chamfered, on a large stem surrounded by four shafts. The cover bears the date 1759, and is drawn up by a pulley with ornamental iron-work." Listed in Cox & Harvey (1907) as a baptismal font of the Early English period.
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: square, mounted
Basin Exterior Shape: square
LID INFORMATION
Date: 1759
Material: wood
Apparatus: yes, pulley [cf. FontNotes]
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
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. 171-172