London No. 70

INFORMATION

FontID: 13639LON
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Mildred
Church Patron Saints: St. Mildrith [aka Mildred, Mildþrȳð, Mildryth, Mildthryth]
Country Name: England
Location: Greater London, South East
Directions to Site: The church was located on the N side of the Poultry
Date: ca. 1676?
Century and Period: 17th century, Stuart
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?]
Blatch, Mervyn, Guide to London's churches (2. ed.), London: Constable, 1995