London No. 86 / Woolnoth

INFORMATION

FontID: 13659LON
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Mary [aka. St. Mary Woolnoth of the Nativity]
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Country Name: England
Location: Greater London, South East
Directions to Site: Located on the S side of Lombard St., E side of Sherborn Lane
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Century and Period: 17th - 18th century, Stuart
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?]