Baptism Font - St Nicholas - Barfrestone, Kent - Stone Church Artefacts on Waymarking.com

Baptism font in St Nicholas' church, Barfrestone.

"This small Norman church stands on a plateau constructed on a south-east facing slope in the tiny unspoilt village of Barfreston in Kent. The lower walls are of flint and the upper of Caen ashlar. Nave and chancel together are less than fifty feet in length; the floor plan could be described as two abutting rectangles. But how these two boxes have been adorned! The quality and profusion of the decoration is breathtaking. The outstanding feature is the south doorway, where major and minor shafts support a tympanum of unsurpassed beauty, aspiration, and breadth of subjects depicted. However the church also possesses a fine rare Norman wheel window in the east end, two other Norman doorways of note, and a corbel table of great variety and inventiveness.

The interior is small but exquisite with an awe-inspiring chancel arch."

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