Rusthall

INFORMATION

Font ID: 12127RUS
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: ca. 1850?
Font Century and Period/Style: 19th century, Victorian
Cognate Fonts: The original, of which this is a copy of, is in the Church of St. Mary, in Weston [near Saplding], Lincs.; another copy of the Weston font found in Garsington, Oxfordshire
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Paul, Rusthall
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Paul
Church Address: Langton Road, Rusthall, Tunbridge Wells TN4 8XD, United Kingdom -- Tel.: +44 1892 521447
Site Location: Kent, South East, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off the A264, just W of Tunbridge Wells
Additional Comments: copy / replica font [cf. FontNotes]
Font Notes:
Noted in Newman (1980): "Font. A copy of the E[arly] E[nglish] font at Weston, Lincolnshire."

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: cylindrical, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

REFERENCES

  • Newman, John, West Kent and the Weald, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1980, p. 500