London No. 56

INFORMATION

Font ID: 13620LON
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 17th century(late?), Stuart? / Jacobean?
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. George [destroyed]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. George
Site Location: Greater London, South East, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: The old church was located on the W side of Botolph Lane; the new one was built on the E side of the Lane
Additional Comments: destroyed font? / disappeared font?
Font Notes:
Reported in Allen (1839): ''a neat polygonal font, with arched cover'', but Allen (ibid.) previously noted that ''the old church was destroyed by the fire in 1666, soon after which the present edifice was erected […] by Sir Christopher Wren'' [NB: we have no information on the font of the medieval church, which dated at least to the 14th century].

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: polygonal, mounted
Basin Exterior Shape: polygonal

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. 110 / [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] [accessed 16 July 2008]