London No. 47

Results: 2 records

INFORMATION

Font ID: 11661LON
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: 1677-1682
Font Century and Period/Style: 17th century(late?), Stuart
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Christopher Wren?
Museum: Fremlins Brewery Chapel Museum
Church / Chapel Name: [Fremlins Brewery Chapel Museum, on the premises of Fremlin's Brewery -- originally form All Hallows' on Great Thames Street, London]
Font Location in Church: [in a museum]
Church Notes: All Hallows was demolished between 1876 (the original tower), 1894 (the rest of the church minus replacement tower) and 1964 (the replacement tower) [source: http://london.lovesguide.com]
Church Address: All-Hallows-the-Great was located on what is now Upper Thames Street, first mentioned in 1235.[1] Destroyed in the Great Fire of London of 1666,
Site Location: Greater London, South East, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: The church of All Hallows the Great was located on what is now Upper Thames Street, between Haywharf Lane and All Hallows Lane
Additional Comments: disused font / unused font / recycled font
Font Notes:
Allen (1839?) writes: "The font, situated beneath the western gallery, is an octangular basin of freestone, on a pillar of the same form, with a cover of carved oak in an inferior style to the general decorations. The rails enclosing the font, as well as those of the altar are twisted, a mode of decoration forming a great feature in this building". A baptismal font originally from the Parish Church of All Hallows, on Upper Thames Street, London, is noted in Pevsner (1976): "Font, font cover, reredos, and some more fragments from All Hallows, Great Thames Street [sic], London -- work of the finest Wren standards. The font is of marble with leaves spreading up the stem and thick flutings leading over into the bowl. The font cover is beautifully carved." [NB: the original All Hallows, Upper Thames St., London, burned down in the Great Fire of 1666; it was entirely rebuilt between 1677 and 1682 under the direction of Sir Christopher Wren]. Blatch (1995) informs that All Hallows the Great "was demolished in 1894 to make way for a brewery"; only the tower was saved from the demolition].

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, marble

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. 512 / [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#PPA371,M1] [accessed 26 July 2008]
  • Blatch, Mervyn, Guide to London's churches (2. ed.), London: Constable, 1995, p. 107, 108, 180
  • Pevsner, Nikolaus, Essex, Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1976, p. 218