Church of St John the Baptist
CHURCH OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST, CHURCH STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1277948
- Date first listed:
- 08-Dec-1955
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St John the Baptist
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST, CHURCH STREET
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1277948
- Date first listed:
- 08-Dec-1955
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St John the Baptist
- Statutory Address 1:
- CHURCH OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST, CHURCH STREET
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 STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Oxfordshire
- District:
- Cherwell (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Bodicote
- National Grid Reference:
- SP 45993 37683
Details
BODICOTE CHURCH STREET SP4537, SP4637 (West side) 6/194, 7/194 Church of St. John the Baptist 08/12/55
GV II
Church. C13 chancel arch. C14 nave arcades. West tower 1844. Church remodelled 1844 by John Plowman and H.J. Underwood. Regular coursed ironstone rubble. Lead roofs. Chancel, nave, north aisle, north porch, south aisle, south porch, west tower. Chancel: 4-light Decorated east window has C19 tracery and niche above. C19 pointed arched door, Decorated style windows one with a hoodmould, square headed window to north. Angle buttresses. North and south aisles have C19 Perpendicular style windows and lancets. Moulded parapets. Five 2-light windows to clerestorey. 3- stage C19 west tower; crenellated with finials. Interior: Fragments of medieval glass in north chancel window. C13 chancel arch has semi-circular responds and moulded capitals. 3 bay nave arcades have 2 orders of chamfers. Stained glass: East window by W. Holland of Warwick 1847. (Buildings of England: Oxfordshire, 1974, p.483).
Listing NGR: SP4599337683
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 429982
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Pevsner, N, Sherwood, J, The Buildings of England: Oxfordshire, (1974), 483
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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