London No. 53
INFORMATION
FontID: 13617LON
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Anne and St. Agnes
Church Patron Saints: St. Anne & St. Agnes
Country Name: England
Location: Greater London, South East
Directions to Site: Located on the N side of St. Anne's, within Aldersgate
Font Location in Church: [destroyed]
Date: ca. 1680?
Century and Period: 17th century(late?), Stuart? / Jacobean?
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Christopher Wren?
Cognate Fonts: a copy oif the now disappeared font of St. Mildred's, Bread Street
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
Allen (1839?) reports that the old church of St. Anne's, also known as St. Anne's in the Willows, was destroyed in the fire of 1666. A new church was built by Wren in 1680 to replace it; in it ''the font is situated in the vestibule under the gallery; it is a neat circular basin, on an octagonal pillar, and covered with a canopy of carved wood-work.'' That font was destroyed in the bombings of London, as noted in Blatch (1995): ''The tall, circular font of white veined marble standing on an elegant pedestal was made after the War to replace one which came from St. Mildred's, Bread Street, and is a copy of it, except for the decoration. The cover is carved in high relief with leaves and rosettes, and has a gold and red crown.'' [NB: the old church dated back to Norman times, but we have no information on the earlier font(s) of this church]
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone
Font Shape: round (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
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?]
Blatch, Mervyn, Guide to London's churches (2. ed.), London: Constable, 1995