Canterbury No. 12 / Minster-in-Thanet
INFORMATION
Font ID: 12057CAN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century, Perpendicular
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Mary
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary
Previous Font Location(s): originally from Canterbury Holy Cross'
Church Address: Church St, Minster, Ramsgate CT12 4BX, United Kingdom -- Tel.: +44 1843 821250
Site Location: Kent, South East, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Minster-in-Thanet is W of Ramsgate [Holy Cross' is in Westgate, Canterbury]
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Canterbury
Additional Comments: recycled font and cover: redundant from Holy Cross' Canterbury, moved to Minster-in-Thanet
Font Notes:
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Described in Glynne (1877): "The font is is a plain octagon, upon a shaft of the same form: the cover is of rich wood tabernacle work." Cox (1905) notes: "The plain octagon font, of a good size, is the same date as the church ; there is an elaborate lofty font-cover of later date." Newman (1976) writes: "Font and cover. Perp[endicular], the latter lofty but coarse, top-heavy and much restored. They came in 1973 from Holy Cross, Canterbury." [NB: Holy Cross' had been declared redundant at the time]
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
LID INFORMATION
Material: wood
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
REFERENCES
- Cox, John Charles, Canterbury, a historical and topographical account of the city, London: Methuen, 1905, p. 250
- Glynne, Steven Richard, Sir, Notes on the churches of Kent, London: John Murray, 1877, p. 18
- Newman, John, North East and East Kent, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1976, p. 238, 391