Broadstairs

INFORMATION

Font ID: 12048BRO
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: ca. 1128? / 1180?
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century, Norman
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Peter-in-Thanet, Broadstairs
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Peter
Church Address: Church St, Broadstairs CT10 2TR, United Kingdom -- Tel.: +44 1843 866061
Site Location: Kent, South East, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off the A255, 5 km SE of Margate
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Canterbury
Additional Comments: disappeared font? the original font of this church
Font Notes:
Noted in Newman (1976): "Font. Dated 1749." The Parish web [http://st.peterschurch.org.uk] has: "beautiful marble font [...] John Dekewer of Hackney [...] gave it in 1749." The 18th-century font consists of an octagonal basin mounted on a baluster-type stem and narrow base (the date is probably inscribed on the font, although neither source states so [NB: the original fabric of this church dates from ca. 1128 (?) or 1180 (?) but we have no information on the earlier font(s) of this church]

REFERENCES

  • Newman, John, North East and East Kent, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1976, p. 161