Tunbridge Wells No. 2

Image copyright © Mark Collins, 2005

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view of church exterior

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Image Source: digital photograph taken in 2005 by Mark Collins [http://www.roughwood.net/ChurchAlbum/Kent/TunbridgeWells/TunWellsKingCharles2005.htm] [accessed 15 February 2010]

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view of church interior - nave - looking east

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Mark Collins, 2005

Image Source: digital photograph taken in 2005 by Mark Collins [http://www.roughwood.net/ChurchAlbum/Kent/TunbridgeWells/TunWellsKingCharles2005.htm] [accessed 15 February 2010]

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view of font

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Mark Collins, 2005

Image Source: digital photograph taken in 2005 by Mark Collins [http://www.roughwood.net/ChurchAlbum/Kent/TunbridgeWells/TunWellsKingCharles2005.htm] [accessed 15 February 2010]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 12141TUN
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of King Charles the Martyr
Country Name: England
Location: Kent, South East
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Date: 1906
Century and Period: 20th century (early), Modern
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Mark Collins, of www.rougwood.net, for his photographs of church and font
Noted in Newman (1980): "Font. 1906. Soapy white marble. Typical of its date." Noted and illustrated in the Roughwood British Churches Album [http://www.roughwood.net/ChurchAlbum/Kent/TunbridgeWells/TunWellsKingCharles2005.htm] [accessed 15 February 2010]: "There is an inscription on the wall above [the font] which reads: "To the Glory of God, this font is erected by Martha Annabella in loving memory of her devoted husband the Revd Francis Harrison Wright MA who entered to his rest 2nd Septe 1906 aged 75 years." The font consists of an octagonal basin decorated with cherubs on the sides, raised on eight outer colonnettes with capitals and bases; on a two-step plinth, also of marble.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, marble (white)
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

REFERENCES

Newman, John, West Kent and the Weald, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1980