Parish Church of St John the Baptist
PARISH CHURCH OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1331388
- Date first listed:
- 31-Aug-1962
- List Entry Name:
- Parish Church of St John the Baptist
- Statutory Address:
- PARISH CHURCH OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1331388
- Date first listed:
- 31-Aug-1962
- List Entry Name:
- Parish Church of St John the Baptist
- Statutory Address 1:
- PARISH 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:
- PARISH CHURCH OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Cambridgeshire
- District:
- South Cambridgeshire (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Papworth St. Agnes
- National Grid Reference:
- TL 26935 64481
Details
TL 26SE PAPWORTH ST. AGNES PAPWORTH ST. AGNES
8/100 Parish Church of 31.8.62 St. John the Baptist
II*
Parish church. 1530; but almost completely rebuilt in 1852-4 and west tower 1848. West door C16 survival. Re-used ashlar limestone and fieldstones in chequer pattern. Plain tile roof with patterned ridge tiles. North elevation. Parapets to nave and chancel with continuous moulded plinth band. Vestry and north porch gabled with parapets. Three stage buttresses at angle to chancel. Three-light windows to nave in two-centred arches. Tower of three stages with embattled parapet, angle gargoyles and buttresses of five stages. The church is now in the ownership of The Society for the Care of Friendless Churches and has been recently restored (1983). R.C.H.M. West Cambs mon.l, p.199
Listing NGR: TL2693564481
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 51001
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Other
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Cambridgeshire West, (1968)
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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