Canterbury No. 15

INFORMATION

FontID: 15971CAN
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Paul
Church Patron Saints: St. Paul
Country Name: England
Location: Kent, South East
Directions to Site: Located at Church St. and St. Paul St.
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Canterbury
Font Location in Church: Inside the church [cf. FontNotes]
Century and Period: 13th century (early?), Early English
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