London No. 66

INFORMATION

Font ID: 13634LON
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Benet [demolished]
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Benedict [aka Benet]
Site Location: Greater London, South East, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: The church was located on the S side of Threadneedle Street, nearly opposite Old Broad Street
Additional Comments: disappeared font? The original medieval font
Font Notes:
Allen (1839?) notes : "The old [medieval] church being destroyed by fire, in 1666, the present building was erected in 1673 […] from the designs of Sir Christopher Wren […] The font is a circular basin of white marble, on a column of the same form, it is more modern than the church". Blatch (1995) reports that the church of St Benet Fink was demolished in 1844.

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. 204 / [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]
  • Blatch, Mervyn, Guide to London's churches (2. ed.), London: Constable, 1995, p. 140