Church of St John the Baptist
CHURCH OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- I
- List Entry Number:
- 1349008
- Date first listed:
- 25-Feb-1966
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St John the Baptist
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST
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- Date:
- 2006-04-14
- Reference:
- IOE01/15502/20
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- I
- List Entry Number:
- 1349008
- Date first listed:
- 25-Feb-1966
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St John the Baptist
- Statutory Address 1:
- 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:
- CHURCH OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- County of Herefordshire (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Kings Caple
- National Grid Reference:
- SO5589228843
Details
SO 52 NE; 3/44
KINGS CAPLE CP,
KINGS CAPLE
Church of St John the Baptist
25.02.66
GV
I
Parish church. C13 nave; west tower early C14; chancel rebuilt and top
stage of tower added late C14, Aramstone chapel and south porch c1400.
Restored 1894 and further C20 alterations to interior. Sandstone rubble,
ashlar dressings, slate roofs. West tower, nave with south porch and north
Aramstone chapel, chancel.
West tower: four stages with moulded string
courses and plain band with square corbels below between third stage and
later fourth stage, embattled parapet, octagonal spire with roll mouldings
at angles; small doorway with 2-centred arched head to ground stage, square-
headed loop vents to second and third stage, two trefoil-headed lights and
tracery to bell stage. Nave: two trefoil-headed lights with further decorative
cusping in spandrels to window to left, three windows to right; two cinquefoil-
headed lights to western window, two trefoil-headed lights with quatrefoil to
central window and large window with gable and three trefoil-headed lights and
tracery, all to right of south porch: moulded plinth and moulded parapet,
square-headed surround to doorway with decorative spandrels, 2-centred arched
head to opening with moulded jambs, vaulted ceiling with diagonal and ridge
ribs, and carved rose central boss, two trefoil-headed lights to returns.
Chancel: two trefoil-headed lights to left and two cinquefoil-headed lights
to right of doorway.
INTERIOR: renewed roof to nave and chancel. Aramstone
chapel with vaulted ceiling, diagonal and ridge ribs springing from moulded
corbels, and bosses largely restored; chancel arch: two chamfered orders
with square cut plain imposts to inner orders. Fittings: C18 gallery at west
end now enclosed on ground floor by C20 wall, panelled front, staircase with
moulded rail, square newels and turned balusters. C17 pulpit, four-sided with
decorative panels; sounding board. Monuments: recess in south wall of nave,
with traces of ballflower ornament and late C13 coffin slab in recess. In
Aramstone chapel Thomas Marrett, 1725, wall tablet, marble fluted Doric
pilasters flank inscription panel with Doric entablature surmounted by
cartouche; many other monuments commemorating members of Woodhouse family.
(RCHM, Vol II , p 95-96; BoE, p 204).
Listing NGR: SO5589228843
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 154303
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Inventory of Herefordshire II East, (1932), 95-96
Pevsner, N, The Buildings of England: Herefordshire, (1963), 204
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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