Hythe nr. Folkestone

INFORMATION

Font ID: 06941HYT
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 14th century, Decorated
Cognate Fonts: The font at Sandhurst, in the same county
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Leonard
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Leonard
Site Location: Kent, South East, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located on the A259, 5-6 km SW of Folkestone
Font Notes:
Listed in Cox & Harvey (1907) as a noteworthy baptismal font of the Decorated period. In Newman (1976) as a baptismal font of the 14th century "decorated with nothing more than tracery patterns", like the font at Sandhurst, in the same county.

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
  • Newman, John, North East and East Kent, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1976, p. 70, 356
  • Newman, John, West Kent and the Weald, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1980, p. 70