Otham nr. Maidstone / Ottram
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view of font and cover
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human figure - head - face - frowning
Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]
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animal - mammal - calf - head - 2
Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]
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design element - motifs - leaf
Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]
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view of church exterior - southeast view
Scene Description: the tower is attached to the south side of the church
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 06961OTT
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 14th century (early?) [basin only] [composite font], late Medieval / composite
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Nicholas
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Nicholas of Myra
Church Notes: the tower of this church is set against the south side of the nave
Church Address: Church Road, Otham, Kent, ME158SB
Site Location: Kent, South East, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Otham is located near Langley, 4 kms ESE of Maidstone
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Canterbury
Additional Comments: altered font : modern base
Font Notes:
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Described in Glynne (1877): "The font is octagonal upon a shaft of like form, beneath the basin are heads of animals and other ornaments." Cox & Harvey (1907) list a Perpendicular font in "Ottram", Kent. [NB: 'Ottram' has not been identified; it is likely that the site is actually Otham, near Langley]. Newman (1980): "Font. Only the bowl is old, but four of its sides have delightful early C14 carvings on their sloping undersides, a frowning face, two calf's heads, and a leaf." The English Heritage site [www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-433200-church-of-st-nicholas-otham-kent] [accessed 31 January 2013] notes the font and a stoup: "octagonal early C14 font bowl with tooled verges, and hamfered base carved with frowning face, two calves heads and a leaf. Ogee-headed stoup to east of south door of nave."
COORDINATES
UTM: 31U 329939 5681318
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 51.257816, 0.562741
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 51° 15′ 28.14″ N, 0° 33′ 45.87″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: octagonal and flat, with metal decoration and ring handle; appears modern
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. 85
- Newman, John, West Kent and the Weald, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1980, p. 70, 448