Hythe nr. Colchester

Font ID: 11672HYT

Object Type: Baptismal Font1

Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century, Perpendicular

Workshop/Group/Artisan: heraldic font

Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Leonard, Hythe

Font Location in Church: Inside the church

Church Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5117480

Church Patron Saint(s): St. Leonard

Church Address: Hythe Hill, Colchester CO1 2PN, United Kingdom

Site Location: Essex, East, England, United Kingdom

Directions to Site: Hythe -or The Hythe- is located off the A134, now part of Colchester

Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Chelmsford

Font Notes: Click to view

Noted in Pevsner (1976): "Font. Octagonal, Perp[endicular], with shields in quatrefoils and big leaves.

Material: stone

Font Shape: octagonal, mounted

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

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