London No. 72

INFORMATION

Font ID: 13641LON
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: ca. 1670?
Font Century and Period/Style: 17th century(late?), Stuart
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Christopher Wren?
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Stephen
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Stephen
Site Location: Greater London, South East, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: The church was located on the W side of Coleman Street
Additional Comments: destroted fonts? Both?
Font Notes:
Allen (1839?) writes: "a church of a very early foundation […] between the years of 1171 and 1181 […]"; Allen (ibid.) relates that the church was destroyed in the fire of 1666, "the present structure was erected in its stead about four years after […] The architect […] was sir Christopher Wren […] The font is now placed in a pew on the south side of the west end, and is a plain circular basin supported on a a balluster of veined marble; it was formerly at the western extremity of the church, which having been severed from the body by a screen, the font has been places as above stated, but the railing which formerly surrounded it remains at [the] foot of the gallery stairs." Blatch (1995) informs that St. Stephen Coleman "perished in the 1940 air-raids".

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

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

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. 408 / [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