London No. 18

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Image copyright © Stephen Richards, 2014

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view of church exterior - southwest view

Source caption: "St Clement Danes, Strand. Largely rebuilt by Christopher Wren, 1680-82, the tower's upper stages and spire the work of James Gibbs, 1719-20. The whole restored by Antony Lloyd in 1955-58 after it was burnt out in 1941. Grade I listed."
Scene Description: Source caption: "St Clement Danes, Strand. Largely rebuilt by Christopher Wren, 1680-82, the tower's upper stages and spire the work of James Gibbs, 1719-20. The whole restored by Antony Lloyd in 1955-58 after it was burnt out in 1941. Grade I listed."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Stephen Richards, 2014
Image Source: digital photograph 20 February 2014 by Stephen Richards [https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5590980] [accessed 19 March 2023]
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view of church interior - looking east

Source caption: "Saint Clement Danes Church in London, England."
Scene Description: Source caption: "Saint Clement Danes Church in London, England."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © David Iliff [Diliff], 2014
Image Source: digital photograph 18 March 2014 by David Iliff [Diliff] [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Saint_Clement_Danes_Church,_London,_UK_-_Diliff.jpg] [accessed 19 March 2023]
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view of church interior - looking west

Source caption: "The entrance and organ of Saint Clement Danes Church in London, England."
Scene Description: Source caption: "The entrance and organ of Saint Clement Danes Church in London, England."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © David Iliff [Diliff], 2014
Image Source: digital photograph 18 March 2014 by David Iliff [Diliff] [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Saint_Clement_Danes_Church_Organ,_London,_UK_-_Diliff.jpg] [accessed 19 March 2023]
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view of font and cover in context

Source caption: "St Clement Danes Church, Strand, London WC2 - Font"
Scene Description: Source caption: "St Clement Danes Church, Strand, London WC2 - Font"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © John Salmon, 2008
Image Source: digital photograph 19 June 2001 by John Salmon [https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1001507] [accessed 19 March 2023]
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INFORMATION

FontID: 00549LON
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Church/Chapel: Church of St. Clement Danes
Church Patron Saints: St. Clement
Church Location: Strand, London WC2R 1DH, United Kingdom -- Tel.: +44 20 7242 8282
Country Name: England
Location: Greater London, South East
Directions to Site: Located in The Strand, off (N) the A3211, on the N bank of the Thames river
Date: 1682
Century and Period: 17th century(late)
Church Notes: original church said to have been built in the 9thC; re-built by William the Conqueror; re-built in the later Middle Ages; re-built 1669; re-built by Wren 1680-1682; gutted in the Blitz, 10 May 1941; restored in 1958
Font Notes:
GET PICS https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1001507 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:St_Clement_Danes_(interior) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:St_Clement_Danes The present font is described in Bradley & Pevsner (2003: 291) as a baptismal font in the crypt, "a big chunk of black Norwegian granite", without a dating. The R.A.F. (whose chapel it is/was) web site for this church describes it as "a font from the Norwegians" [i.e., a gift from the Norwegian Air Force] but does not indicate a date either [NB: it is quite possible that this may be a modern font]

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 51.513107, -0.113898
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 51° 30′ 47.18″ N, 0° 6′ 50.03″ W
UTM: 30U 700256 5710836

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, granite (black -- from Norway)
Number of Pieces: one

REFERENCES

Pevsner, Nikolaus, London 6: Westminster, New Haven: Yale University Press, 2003