Charing

INFORMATION

FontID: 15981CHA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Peter and St. Paul
Church Patron Saints: St. Peter & St. Paul
Country Name: England
Location: Kent, South East
Directions to Site: Located near Ashford
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Canterbury
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: Medieval
Cognate Fonts: the destroyed font at nearby Little Char
Font Notes:
Noted in Glynne (1877): "The font resembles that at Little Char, plain and poor." [NB: the font at Little Char is believed destroyed in 1944 -- cf. Index entry for Little Char]

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