London No. 82

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 13655LON
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Bartholomew the Less
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Bartholomew
Site Location: Greater London, South East, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: [cf. FontNotes]
Font Notes:
Allen (1839?) writes: "Within the precint of the hospital, at the north-west angle, stands the parochial church of St. Bartholomew the Less, founded in 1102 […] the building escaped the fire of 1666 […] The font is an octagon basin enriched with quatrefoils on a pillar of the same form : it is formed in composition, and situated in the vestibule beneath the organ" [NB: the description of the font in Allen (ibid.) could suit a 15th-century font, but it is not clear to which of the renovations of this church it belongs]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

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

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. 617 / [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 28 July 2008]