Seal nr. Sevenoaks / Lasela
INFORMATION
Font ID: 12129SEA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 14th - 15th century, Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Peter and St. Paul, Seal
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Peter & St. Paul
Church Address: St Peter & St Paul's Church, Church St, Seal, Sevenoaks TN15 0AR, United Kingdom -- Tel.: +44 7510 522292
Site Location: Kent, South East, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off (N) the A25, 4-5 km NE of Sevenoaks
Historical Region: Hundred of Helmestrei [in Domesday]
Font Notes:
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Noted in Glynne (1877): "The font is a plain octagon." Newman (1980) notes a 17th-century cover but not the font itself. [NB: the fabric of the church goes back to the 13th century].
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
LID INFORMATION
Date: 17th century?
Material: wood
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
REFERENCES
- Glynne, Steven Richard, Sir, Notes on the churches of Kent, London: John Murray, 1877, p. 302
- Newman, John, West Kent and the Weald, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1980, p. 508