Paddlesworth nr. Snodland

INFORMATION

Font ID: 12008PAD
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Late Norman / Early English?
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Benedict, Paddlesworth [redundant]
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Benedict [aka Benet]
Church Address: Paddlesworth Rd, Snodland ME6 5DR, United Kingdom
Site Location: Kent, South East, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off the A228, 1-2 km W of Snodland
Additional Comments: disappeared font?
Font Notes:
Hussey (1852) writes: "The church has long been desecrated [...], the interior fittings, including the font, have been taken away", and notes that the style of the building is Early English. A photograph of St. Oswald's in the English Heritage NMR archives from December 1970 [ref. BB70/09866 CD no.: 00259] has the following caption: "A redundant Norman church now in use as a barn [...]". A more recent reference [unavailable] puts the building in the care of Redundant Churches Trust, but there is no information available on the whereabouts of the missing font. [NB: not to be mistaken with Padlesworth/Paddlesworth St. Oswald's. also a small early church -- cf. Index entry]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

REFERENCES

  • Hussey, Arthur, Notes on the churches in the counties of Kent, Sussex, and Surrey mentioned in Domesday Book and those of more recent date [...], London: John Russell Smith, 1852, p. 126 [no. 253]