London No. 29

INFORMATION

Font ID: 09898LON
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Font Century and Period/Style: 17th century, Stuart
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Nicholas Cole Abbey
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Nicholas of Myra
Site Location: Greater London, South East, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located on Queen Victoria St. [Allen (1839?) gives the location as the S side of Fish Street, at W corner of Labour-in-vain Hill
Additional Comments: disappeared font? The medieval font?
Font Notes:
Allen (1839?) writes: "It is known that there was a church in the same place, before the year 1377 […] but the last structure being consumed in the great conflagration in 1666, the present place was built in its place […] This was the first church built and completed after the fire […] The font is a plain basin of statuary marble, sustained on a balluster of black marble, with white capital and base: it occupies a pew near the central entrance." Only the lid is mentioned in Blatch (1995): "Font The richly and beautifully carved font cover with ogee supports carrying a crown is original." [NB: we have no information on the font from the medieval church]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, marble

LID INFORMATION

Date: 17th century?
Material: wood
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]

REFERENCES

  • Allen, Thomas, The History and Antiquities of London, Wsetminster, Southwark, and parts adjacent, London: published by George Virtue, 26 Ivy Lane, Paternoster Row, [1839?], p. 721/ [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=BVEGAAAAQAAJ&pg=RA1-PA717&lpg=RA1-PA717&dq=queenhithe+church+font&source=web&ots=9dzBGxXJDM&sig=mvPDHDDOyNJa-B_jKtBxJr4-Ny4&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=2&ct=result#PRA1-PA637,M1] [accessed 31 July 2008]