Church of St John the Evangelist
CHURCH OF ST JOHN THE EVANGELIST
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1300575
- Date first listed:
- 12-Sept-1955
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St John the Evangelist
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ST JOHN THE EVANGELIST
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1300575
- Date first listed:
- 12-Sept-1955
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St John the Evangelist
- Statutory Address 1:
- CHURCH OF ST JOHN THE EVANGELIST
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 EVANGELIST
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Oxfordshire
- District:
- West Oxfordshire (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Taynton
- National Grid Reference:
- SP 23412 13544
Details
TAYNTON Church of St. John the SP2313 Evangelist 10/161 12/09/55 GV II*
Church. c.1360 nave and north aisle; south aisle c.1500; chancel rebuilt c.1865 by W.F. Poulton. Stone ashlar; stone slate roof to chancel, other roofs not visible. 2-bay chancel, 3-bay aisled nave and west tower. North side: C19 stone porch to centre of aisle, having 2-centre arch on half-columns. 2-centre arched doorway with hood mould and double-leaf door. 3-light Curvilinear-tracery window to left of aisle. Three 3-light stone mullion windows to clerestory, having cusped lights and hood moulds. 3-light Reticulated-tracery window to right return of aisle. 2 lancets to chancel. Battlemented parapet to aisle, plain parapet to nave. South side. Blocked 2-centre arched doorway with moulded surround to left of aisle. Stone 4-light mullion and transom window to right with cusped lights and hood mould. 4-light stone mullion window to left, above doorway, with cusped lights and hoodmould. Lancet to left return of aisle. C19 paired lancets to organ chamber and vestry. Plain parapet to aisle. Three 3-light stone mullion windows to clerestory having cusped lights and hood moulds. Triple lancet to East end of chancel. West tower has louvred lancets to upper stage and louvred 2-light Rectilinear-tracery openings to top stage. Battlemented parapet. Interior: 2-bay C19 arch-braced collar truss roof to chancel. 3-bay Perpendicular roof to nave with moulded ribs and gilded bosses, probably largely C19 restoration,. Nave arcades of 2 two-centred arches on fluted piers. 2-centre arch to tower. Rood-screen steps to left of chancel arch. Elaborate C15 octagonal stone font. (Buildings of England: Oxfordshire: 1979, pp804-5)
Listing NGR: SP2341213544
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 253719
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Pevsner, N, Sherwood, J, The Buildings of England: Oxfordshire, (1974), 804-5
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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