Barfrestone / Barfreston / Barfreystone / Berfrestone

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view of basin - detail

Scene Description: 19th-century (?) font

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view of basin - interior

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view of church exterior - east side

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view of church exterior - northwest view

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view of font and cover

Scene Description: 19th-century (?) font

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view of font cover

Scene Description: 19th-century (?) font cover

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INFORMATION

FontID: 13051BAR
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Nicholas
Church Patron Saints: St. Nicholas of Myra
Church Location: Barfrestone Road, Barfrestone, Kent, CT157JQ
Country Name: England
Location: Kent, South East
Directions to Site: Located off the A2, nr. Lower Eythorne, ESE of Canterbury
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Kent
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Century and Period: 12th century (late?), Late Norman? / Transitional?
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
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

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 51.205581, 1.239561
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 51° 12′ 20.09″ N, 1° 14′ 22.42″ E
UTM: 31U 377022 5674159