London No. 70

INFORMATION

Font ID: 13639LON
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: ca. 1676?
Font Century and Period/Style: 17th century, Stuart
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Mildred
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mildrith [aka Mildred, Mildþrȳð, Mildryth, Mildthryth]
Site Location: Greater London, South East, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: The church was located on the N side of the Poultry
Additional Comments: disappeared fonts? The two of them?
Font Notes:
Allen (1839?) notes: "The old church, which was rebuilt in 1450, was burned down in 1666, after which the present structure was erected […] The architect of the present church was sir Christopher Wren and it was erected in 1676 […] The font situated beneath the gallery is a plain polygonal basin of white marble sustained on a pedestal in the shape of a balluster" [NB: there is no information on the original font; assumed disappeared]. Blatch (1995) indicates that the 17th-century bulding was demolished in the 19th century.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

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. 373 / [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#PPA371,M1] [accessed 23 July 2008]
  • Blatch, Mervyn, Guide to London's churches (2. ed.), London: Constable, 1995, p. 106