Parish Church of St John the Baptist
PARISH CHURCH OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST, LITTLE MISSENDEN VILLAGE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- I
- List Entry Number:
- 1332450
- Date first listed:
- 22-Dec-1958
- List Entry Name:
- Parish Church of St John the Baptist
- Statutory Address:
- PARISH CHURCH OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST, LITTLE MISSENDEN VILLAGE
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- I
- List Entry Number:
- 1332450
- Date first listed:
- 22-Dec-1958
- List Entry Name:
- Parish Church of St John the Baptist
- Statutory Address 1:
- PARISH CHURCH OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST, LITTLE MISSENDEN VILLAGE
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, LITTLE MISSENDEN VILLAGE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Buckinghamshire (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Little Missenden
- National Grid Reference:
- SU 92087 98987
Details
LITTLE MISSENDEN LITTLE MISSENDEN VILLAGE 1. 5134 (north side) Parish Church of SU 9298 4/2 St John the Baptist 22.12.58 I 2. C10 or C11 Anglo-Saxon core, C12 arcades, early English chancel, early C14 north chapel, C15 timber framed porch and west tower. Exterior of south aisle brick, C18. Flint with limestone dressings, some roughcast. Old tile roofs, aisles lead roofed. Modern vestry to north in C18 style, roughcast, hipped tiled roof by Quinlan Terry. Wall Paintings: St Christopher, Martyrdom of St Catherine, Passion, Crucifixion and Archangel Gabriel, all C13. Seven Deadly Sins C15, Nativity and Majesty C14. Brasses and Monuments. C12 'Aylesbury' font. RCHM I 232 Monument I.
Listing NGR: SU9208798991
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 44446
- Legacy System:
- LBS
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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