Church of St John the Baptist
CHURCH OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST, CHURCH LANE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1047885
- Date first listed:
- 14-Jun-1963
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St John the Baptist
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST, CHURCH LANE
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1047885
- Date first listed:
- 14-Jun-1963
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St John the Baptist
- Statutory Address 1:
- CHURCH OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST, CHURCH LANE
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST, CHURCH LANE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Oxfordshire
- District:
- South Oxfordshire (District Authority)
- Parish:
- South Moreton
- National Grid Reference:
- SU 55797 88034
Details
SOUTH MORETON CHURCH LANE SU5588 (West side) 16/129 Church of St. John the 14/06/63 Baptist
GV II Church. c.1240 south aisle; C14 nave; much restored C19 with C19 east wall to aisle and part rebuilding of east end nave. Render, on flint and stone mixture, with stone dressings; old plain-tile double-depth roof. Plan: continuous nave and chancel with south aisle. C19 porch to left. Render, probably on brick; old plain-tile gabled roof with shaped bargeboards. 2-centre archway with quatrefoil spandrels, 2-centre arched doorway with chamfered surround. Plank door with wrought iron hinges. Trefoil topped lancet to left, and lancet to right of porch. 2 paired lancets with flat heads and hood moulds to centre. 3-light Perpendicular tracery window with flat head and hood would to right. Right return: coursed squared sandstone. Reset early C14 window of 3-light intersecting tracery to left. 3-light C19 window of complex tracery to right. Rear: C19 vestry to left of centre. C19 paired lancet window to left. C14 paired lancet window to right of centre. Blocked 2-centre arched doorway to right. Left return: blocked reset Romanesque doorway to left. 3-light reticulated tracery window to left. C19 round window with complex tracery to right. C19 bellcote to right gable end. C19 arch braced collar truss roof on mainly C19 recarved stone corbels. Arched piscina to south aisle. Arcade of 5 arches between nave and aisle of 2-centred arches, except segmental 2-centred arch to centre. C19 stone pulpit and font. (V.C.H.: Berkshire, Vol.III, 1923, p.502-4. Buildings of England: Berkshire, 1975, p.222-3).
Listing NGR: SU5579788034
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 248742
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Pevsner, N, The Buildings of England: Berkshire, (1975), 222-3
Ditchfield, P H, Page, W, The Victoria History of the County of Berkshire, (1923), 502-4
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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