London No. 60

INFORMATION

Font ID: 13628LON
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: ca. 1684?
Font Century and Period/Style: 17th century, Stuart
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Christopher Wren?
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of All Hallows [demolished in 1875]
Font Location in Church: [disappeared?]
Church Patron Saint(s): All Saints
Site Location: Greater London, South East, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: This church was located on the E side of Brea Street, at Watling Street [demolished in 1875]
Additional Comments: disappeared fonts: the original from the medieval church and the 1684 font
Font Notes:
Noted in Allen (1839?): ''the old church being destroyed by the fire of London in 1666, the present edifice was erected in 1684 […] The font is a plain octangular basin of white marble, on a pillar of the same form and material.'' [NB: this church was demolished in 1875, and it is not clear where the Wren font ended up]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, marble
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

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. 168 / [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]