Hougham nr. Dover / Hougham Without

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 12479HOU
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century [basin only], Norman [altered]
Cognate Fonts: [cf. FontNotes]
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St Lawrence
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Lawrence [aka Laurence]
Church Address: Church Ln, Dover CT15 7AH, United Kingdom -- Tel.: +44 1303 243784
Site Location: Kent, South East, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located on the B2011, 6-7 km WSW of Dover
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Canterbury
Additional Comments: restored font / altered font (modern 19thC base)
Font Notes:
Glynne (1877) mentions a modern font at Hougham St. Lawrence's. Listed in Tyrrell-Green (1928) with a group of Norman-period fonts on which "the arcading is rather rudely represented by a succession of shallow sunk panels with semicircular heads [...] the only adornment" of the basin. [NB: not clear whether there are two churches: one in West Hougham and another in Church Hougham, with two fonts]. The entry for this church in Historic England [Listing NGR: TR2793040029] notes: "Parish church. C12 in origin, C13 north aisle, restored 1866 [...] restored square, arcaded font bowl on C19 5 stem base."

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

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

REFERENCES

  • Glynne, Steven Richard, Sir, Notes on the churches of Kent, London: John Murray, 1877, p. 142
  • Tyrrell-Green, E., Baptismal Fonts Classified and Illustrated, London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge: The Macmillan Co., 1928, p. 75