London No. 75

INFORMATION

Font ID: 13645LON
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 17th century(late?), Stuart
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Christopher Wren?
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Michael [demolished]
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Michael
Site Location: Greater London, South East, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Before its demolition this church was located on the W side of Wood Street, NE corner of Huggen Lane
Additional Comments: disappeared font(s): the original and the 17th-century fonts
Font Notes:
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?], p. 477 / [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 26 July 2008]
  • Blatch, Mervyn, Guide to London's churches (2. ed.), London: Constable, 1995, p. 26, 175, 371, 383