CHURCH OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST
Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1345096
- Date first listed:
- 21-Sep-1960
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST, CHURCH LANE
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Location
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST, CHURCH LANE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Somerset
- District:
- Mendip (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Chilcompton
- National Grid Reference:
- ST 64697 52410
Details
CHILCOMPTON CP CHURCH LANE (South side)
ST65SW
4/17 Church of St John The Baptist
21.9.60
GV II*
Anglican Parish Church. C15, much rebuilt C19. Coursed and squared rubble, ashlar, freestone dressings, lead sheeting
and slate roofs. Nave, chancel, north and south aisles, north and south chapels, north porch, west tower; Perpendicular
and neo-Perpendicular. Tower of c1460, embattled, 2 stages, diagonal buttresses, 3-light traceried bell-chamber windows
with quatrefoil grilles, polygonal stair turret, 4-light west window, carved heads as label steps, tracery renewed C19.
Nave and aisles 1839 by Jesse Gane; 4 bays, buttressses, embattled, slender 3-light windows; contemporary the gabled
porch, iron dog-gates. Chancel and flanking chapels 1897 by F. Bligh Bond, 2-light windows, 4-light east window, large
gargoyles at east end probably re-used from an earlier fabric. Lofty plastered interior on flag stone, tile and
encaustic flagstone tile floors under elaborate roofs; 4-bay arcades to north and south aisles, piers of 4 hollows
section. Perpendicular tower arch. C12 tub font: remains of Elizabethan tomb to Richard Seward in south aisle; further
C17, C18 and C19 monuments, predominantly by Reeves of Bath. Good brass lectern. Pews, choir stalls, organ and pulpit
of c1900. Simple stained glass of late C19. Six early bells. (Atthill, Church Guide, 1980).
Listing NGR: ST6469752410
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 267816
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Atthill, , Church of St John the Baptist Church Guide, (1980)
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
End of official listing
