Mersham

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 06945MER
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 14th century, Decorated
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 4-5 km SE of Ashford
Font Notes:
Described in Glynne (1877): "The font is of square form, each face sculptured with an ogee arch." Listed in Cox & Harvey (1907) as a baptismal font of the Decorated period. Noted in Newman (1980): "Font. Square bowl. Quatrefoils in circles on two sides. Cusped ogee arches on the other two."

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: square, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: square

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. 58
  • Newman, John, West Kent and the Weald, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1980, p. 424