Charing
INFORMATION
Font ID: 15981CHA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: Medieval
Cognate Fonts: the destroyed font at nearby Little Char
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Peter and St. Paul
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Peter & St. Paul
Site Location: Kent, South East, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located near Ashford
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Canterbury
Font Notes:
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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, p. 158