Sevenoaks No. 1

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 06962SEV
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century, Perpendicular
Workshop/Group/Artisan: heraldic font
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 Church of St John the Baptist, Sevenoaks, has a modern font and cover
Site Location: Kent, South East, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located at the junction A21-M26, 25-3- km WSW of Maidstone
Font Notes:
Described in Glynne (1877): "The font is octagonal panelled with quatrefoils […] Containing carvings, each panel bearing a different subject: (i.) a shield bearing the instruments of our Lord's Passion; (ii.) arms of the See of Canterbury; (iii.) and (iv.) Tudor roses; (v.) a lion's head within a circular cable; (vi.) a shield bearing a chevron between three trees; (vii.) a grotesque head; (viii.) defaced." Listed in Cox & Harvey (1907) and in Newman (1980) as a baptismal font of the Perpendicular period.

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
  • Glynne, Steven Richard, Sir, Notes on the churches of Kent, London: John Murray, 1877, p. 301 and fn
  • Newman, John, West Kent and the Weald, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1980, p. 511