Canterbury No. 15
INFORMATION
Font ID: 15971CAN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century (early?), Early English
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Paul
Font Location in Church: Inside the church [cf. FontNotes]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Paul
Site Location: Kent, South East, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located at Church St. and St. Paul St.
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Canterbury
Additional Comments: disused font
Font Notes:
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Noted in Glynne (1877): The font has a square bowl panelled, with three-foiled arches, on a square pedestal with the angles cut off." Cox (1905) has: "A good early thirteenth century font of Purbeck marble has quite recently been discarded in favour of a somewhat vulgar modern successor. The bowl of the old font remains at the east end of the south aisle."
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, limestone (Purbeck marble)
Font Shape: square, mounted
Basin Exterior Shape: square
REFERENCES
- Cox, John Charles, Canterbury, a historical and topographical account of the city, London: Methuen, 1905, p. 254 / [http://www.archive.org/details/canterburyhistor00coxjuoft] [accessed 9 February 2010]