Eastry

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 15960EAS
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century, Perpendicular
Workshop/Group/Artisan: heraldic font
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Mary the Virgin
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Site Location: Kent, South East, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located 4 km SSW of Sandwich
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Canterbury
Font Notes:
"The font is an octagonal bowl with shields and roses, and a moulded band below it with square flowers. The shaft octagonal on a plinth of like form."

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

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

REFERENCES

  • Glynne, Steven Richard, Sir, Notes on the churches of Kent, London: John Murray, 1877, p. 106