London No. 97
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view of church interior - chancel
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view of church interior - nave
Scene Description: the nave of St. Stephen's original chapel was used as the House of Commons of Parliament between 1547 and 1834, when it was destroyed by fire; only the crypt, now known as St Mary Undercroft, survived and became a chapel in its own right
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Image Source: painting ca. 1710 by Peter Tillemans (1684–1734)
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view of church interior - nave - looking east
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view of church interior - nave - looking east
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Image Source: Watercolour drawing of the interior of the restored Chapel of St. Mary Undercroft looking towards the altar, by Edward M. Barry, ca. 1863 [catalogue no.: WOA 1601] [www.parliament.uk/worksofart/artwork/edward-m-barry/houses-of-parliament-st-stephen's-crypt-restored--about-1863-/1601] [accessed 6 November 2013]
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view of church interior - organ
![Photo caption: "The chapel’s organ was built in 1999 by William Drake and is based on a woodcut illustration made by Augustus Welby Pugin [...]"](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1131105026_compressed.png)
Scene Description: Photo caption: "The chapel’s organ was built in 1999 by William Drake and is based on a woodcut illustration made by Augustus Welby Pugin [...]"
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view of font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Peter Blanchard, 2013
Image Source: detail of a digital photograph taken by Peter Blanchard for BSI
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view of font and cover
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Peter Blanchard, 2013
Image Source: digital photograph taken by Peter Blanchard for BSI
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view of font and cover
Scene Description: the unlined basin interior is visible here
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view of font cover
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Peter Blanchard, 2013
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INFORMATION
FontID: 18756LON
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Chapel of St. Mary Undercroft [formerly the crypt of St. Stephen's Chapel]
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Church Location: Houses of Parliament, London
Country Name: England
Location: Greater London, South East
Directions to Site: Located in the Houses of Parliament
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of London
Font Location in Church: Inside the chapel
Century and Period: 19th century, Victorian
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Edward M. Barry
Church Notes: originally a crypt below St Stephen's Chapel [aka Royal Chapel of St Stephen]; St. Stephen's itself is said to have been completed at the end of the 13th century
Font Notes:
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Baptismal font consisting of a cylindrical basin made of alabaster and decorated like a Fabergé egg, raised on a cluster of eight attached columns with moulded capitals and bases. Metal dome cover made of brass, the bottom crown-shaped with palmettes on the sides, the arrises of the dome crocketed, the finial an orb with John the Baptist on it; decor matches the excess of the font itself.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 51.499444, -0.125
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 51° 29′ 58″ N, 0° 7′ 30″ W
UTM: 30U 699545 5709287