Groombridge
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 12099GRO
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: ca. 1625?
Font Century and Period/Style: 17th century
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. John the Evangelist, Groombridge [originally a private chapel]
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. John the Evangelist
Church Address: Groombridge Hill, Groombridge, Tunbridge Wells TN3 9QH, United Kingdom
Site Location: Kent, South East, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off the B2110, about 8 km W of Tunbridge Wells
Font Notes:
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Noted in Newman (1980): "Of the original fittings there survive the font (fluted octagonal bowl), stem with a large jewelled waist-band)".
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
REFERENCES
- Newman, John, West Kent and the Weald, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1980, p. 309