London No. 75

INFORMATION

FontID: 13645LON
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Michael [demolished]
Church Patron Saints: St. Michael
Country Name: England
Location: Greater London, South East
Directions to Site: Before its demolition this church was located on the W side of Wood Street, NE corner of Huggen Lane
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Century and Period: 17th century(late?), Stuart
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Christopher Wren?
Allen (1839?) reports that the parish church of St. Michael "was destroyed by the fire of London, in 1666 […] The present structure was finished a few years later [… and] is one of the meanest erected from the designs of sir Christopher Wren […] The font is situated in the north-east angle; it is a plan polygonal basin of marble on a pillar". Baltch (1995) notes that St. Michael was demolished and accounts for its pulpit [in St. Mark's, Lambeth], and part of the reredos [in St. George the Martyr's, Southwark], but not the for the font [nor de we have any information on the font from the earlier building]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, marble
Font Shape: polygonal (mounted)
Basin Exterior Shape: polygonal

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