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Scene Description: 19th-century (?) font
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view of basin - interior
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view of basin - detail
Scene Description: 19th-century (?) font
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view of church exterior - northwest view
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view of church exterior - east side
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Scene Description: 19th-century (?) font cover
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 13051BAR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Date Visited: 2007-07-29
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century (late?), Late Norman? / Transitional?
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Nicholas
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Nicholas of Myra
Church Notes: great Norman carvings, including a Christ in Majesty tympanum framed in three voussoirs: inner)foliage -- middle)fabulous animals -- outer)zodiac? labours? -- also wheel window, other portals see www.barfreston.org.uk for contact and details -- also www.paradoxplace.com/Photo%20Pages/UK/Britain_South_and_West/Barfreston/Barfreston.htm
Church Address: Barfrestone Road, Barfrestone, Kent, CT157JQ
Site Location: Kent, South East, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off the A2, nr. Lower Eythorne, ESE of Canterbury
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Kent
Additional Comments: disappeared font: the original Norman font of this church
Font Notes:
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The baptismal font found in this church at present [July 2007] consists of an hexagonal basin the sides of which are decorated with tracery panels, raised on a moulded hexagonal pedestal base; it is probably dated from the period after the mid-18th century restoration of the church [cf. infra]. [NB: we have no information on the original baptismal font of the Norman church of St. Nicholas]
COORDINATES
UTM: 31U 377022 5674159
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 51.205581, 1.239561
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 51° 12′ 20.09″ N, 1° 14′ 22.42″ E