Church of St John the Baptist
CHURCH OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- I
- List Entry Number:
- 1263572
- Date first listed:
- 23-Aug-1955
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St John the Baptist
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- I
- List Entry Number:
- 1263572
- Date first listed:
- 23-Aug-1955
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St John the Baptist
- Statutory Address 1:
- CHURCH OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST
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
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Devon
- District:
- Teignbridge (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Woodland
- National Grid Reference:
- SX 79128 68758
Details
SX 76 NE WOODLAND WOODLAND HAMLET
3/68 Church of St John the Baptist 23.8.55 GV I
Parish church. C15, remodelled 1536. C20 roughcast on stone, C20 corrugated iron boiler house at west end of the aisle. Slated roofs. Nave, chancel, north aisles running full length of nave and chancel, west tower, south porch. South wall of nave has 2 straight-headed windows of 3 almost round-headed lights; hood moulds with square terminals. North wall of north aisle has 3 similar windows, but with smaller terminals to the hood moulds. In each of south and east walls of chancel and east wall of aisle a Perpendicular window of 3 cinquefoiled ogee-headed lights, the east window of chancel being slightly larger than the other 2. East window of aisle possibly reset when the aisle was added. Slightly tapering 2-stage tower, each stage finished with a string course and with battlements at the top battlements have a finial at each corner, the 2 on the south retaining their crenellations; x-sided stair turret with slit windows in centre of south face. Perpendicular window in lower stage of west face, of 3 cinquefoiled ogee-headed lights. Paired belfry openings with almost rounded arches in east, west and north faces, a similar single opening at either side of stair turret on south face. Porch gabled; inner and outer doorways have 2-centred arches with pyramid stops. Interior: north arcade of 3 rounded arches, the piers having 4 attached columns with hollow mouldings between, the capitals alternately rounded and facetted. Plain, 2-centred tower arch; blocked doorway in west wall of tower. Fittings: octagonal granite font, the bowl lightly moulded. Monument a brass plaque to Thomas Culling (d 1670) in north wall; frame enriched with winged cherub-heads in low relief. First bell circa 1400, second 1678, third 1636, founded at Exeter, Totnes, Exeter respectively. Source: W G Hoskins, Devon, 1954, p 518. Council for the Care of Churches, Schedule of Bells for Preservation, 1984
Listing NGR: SX7912868759
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 432051
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Hoskins, W G, A New Survey of England in Devon, (1954), 518
Other
Schedule of Bells for Preservation, (1984)
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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