London No. 86 / Woolnoth

INFORMATION

Font ID: 13659LON
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 17th - 18th century, Stuart
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Mary [aka. St. Mary Woolnoth of the Nativity]
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Site Location: Greater London, South East, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located on the S side of Lombard St., E side of Sherborn Lane
Additional Comments: disappeared fonts?
Font Notes:
Allen (1839?) notes that this "is a church of ancient foundation, as appears by John de Norton being rector in 1355 […] This church was rebuilt about 1496, and restored, or again rebuilt, in 1620. The latter was the edifice damaged by the dreadful conflagration of 1666, and restored in 1677 […] The present church was commenced in 1716, and completed in 1719, Mr. Nicholas Hawksmoor, formerly domestic clerk to sir Christopher Wren, being the architect […] The font is a fine oval basin of veined marble sustained on a pedestal of inferior marble of the same form, it is placed against the northern pier of the recess containing the altar". There is no mention of a font in Blatch (1995).

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, marble
Font Shape: oval, mounted
Basin Exterior Shape: oval

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. 691/ [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#PRA1-PA637,M1] [accessed 31 July 2008]