London No. 56

INFORMATION

FontID: 13620LON

Object Type: Baptismal Font1

Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. George [destroyed]

Church Patron Saints: St. George

Country Name: England

Location: Greater London, South East

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

Century and Period: 17th century(late?), Stuart? / Jacobean?

Font Notes: Click to view

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?]