Otham nr. Maidstone / Ottram

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animal - mammal - calf - head - 2

Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]

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design element - motifs - leaf

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human figure - head - face - frowning

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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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view of font and cover

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INFORMATION

FontID: 06961OTT
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Nicholas
Church Patron Saints: St. Nicholas of Myra
Church Location: Church Road, Otham, Kent, ME158SB
Country Name: England
Location: Kent, South East
Directions to Site: Otham is located near Langley, 4 kms ESE of Maidstone
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Canterbury
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 14th century (early?) [basin only] [composite font], late Medieval / composite
Church Notes: the tower of this church is set against the south side of the nave
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

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 51.257816, 0.562741
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 51° 15′ 28.14″ N, 0° 33′ 45.87″ E
UTM: 31U 329939 5681318

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
Glynne, Steven Richard, Sir, Notes on the churches of Kent, London: John Murray, 1877
Newman, John, West Kent and the Weald, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1980