Church of St John the Baptist
CHURCH OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST, WOOD LANE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1059508
- Date first listed:
- 16-Aug-1985
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St John the Baptist
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST, WOOD LANE
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1059508
- Date first listed:
- 16-Aug-1985
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St John the Baptist
- Statutory Address 1:
- CHURCH OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST, WOOD 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, WOOD LANE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Oxfordshire
- District:
- South Oxfordshire (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Kidmore End
- National Grid Reference:
- SU 69839 79319
Details
KIDMORE END WOOD LANE SU67NE (South side) 9/161 Church of St. John the Baptist
GV II
Church. 1852. By Arthur Billing. Vestry added 1894. Knapped flint with stone dressings; plain tile roof. 4-bay nave with apse. Early English style. Gabled porch to right of centre with 2-centred arched doorway with glazed C20 double door. Single lancet to each bay except paired lancet to left. Octagonal apse with lancet window to each face. 2 lancet windows to west end with quatrefoil window above. Lancet windows to south side. Vestry in similar style under catslide roof. Gabled roof to nave with hipped roof to apse. Bellcote to west end gable. Interior: Stone octagonal font with carved panels to principal faces, on marble columns with stepped base. Stone pulpit with Salviati mosaic panels to left of apse arch. Organ to right of apse arch with painted decoration to pipes. Piscina to left of altar. Sedilia to right of altar. Reredos of blind trefoil arches to three sides of the apse. Ornamental glazed faience tiles to floor of apse. Wooden truss roof to nave. Painted brick vault to apse with decorated ribs. A small church with good fittings. (Buildings of England: 0xfordshire, p.672-3).
Listing NGR: SU6983979319
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 247379
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Pevsner, N, Sherwood, J, The Buildings of England: Oxfordshire, (1974), 672-3
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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