Little Chart / Chart Parva
INFORMATION
Font ID: 15980CHA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: Medieval
Cognate Fonts: a similar font survives at nearby Charing
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Mary the Virgin and The Holy Rood [old church]
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin & Holy Cross
Site Location: Kent, South East, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located NE of Ashford
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Canterbury
Additional Comments: font believed destroyed in 1944
Font Notes:
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Noted in Glynne (1877): "The font is octagonal, plain and poor." [NB: the church was almost destroyed by a V-1 flying bomb on 16 August 1944 -- the old font is believed destroyed at the time]
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. 157