Wye

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 06964WYE
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century, Perpendicular
Workshop/Group/Artisan: heraldic font
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Gregory and St. Martin
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Gregory the Great & St. Martin
Site Location: Kent, South East, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located 6 km NE of Ashford
Font Notes:
Described in Glynne (1877): "The font is Third Pointed, has an octagonal bowl panelled with quatrefoils containing roses; the stem octagonal also." Listed in Cox & Harvey (1907) as a baptismal font of the Perpendicular period. Described in Iggleston (1925) with 15th-century date. Noted in Newman (1976): "Font. Perp[endicular]. Octagonal, the sides of the stem and bowl sligthly hollowed. Roses and shields alternately in quatrefoils."

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. 124
  • Igglesden, Charles, A saunter through Kent, with pen and pencil, Ashford: The Kentish Press, 1925, vol. 1: 20
  • Newman, John, North East and East Kent, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1976, p. 500