CHURCH OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST
Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1356634
- Date first listed:
- 02-Nov-1954
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST, CHURCH STREET
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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:
- Northamptonshire
- District:
- Daventry (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Boughton
- National Grid Reference:
- SP 75328 65886
Details
BOUGHTON CHURCH STREET
SP7565
(North side)
Church of St.John the Baptist
22/39
02/11/54
II
GV
Church early C15, and early and mid C14. Coursed lias rubble with ashlar
dressings: lead roof, Nave and Chancel rebuilt 1806 and enlarged 1846. Single
hall church, no aisles.
South elevation, 5-window range with four 2-light Perpendicular style square
headed windows. South door has 2-centred arched head with 2-light square
headed window above. 3-lighted squared headed east window. North elevation
similar to south with 3-light window. Datestone 1702 with initials I.Y. and
rose, probably reset. Gabled roof has plain parapet with ashlar coping.
West tower. Early C15 of 4-stages having diagonal angle buttresses. West door
has 4-centred moulded head, west window above of cinqurefoil lights with
quatrefoils in head. In the third stage is a panel inscription. "This was
repaired in the year of our Lord 1653". Two-light windows in fourth stage.
C20 castellated parapet.
Interior - plain with C15 two-centred chamfered tower arch. Shallow roof of
4-bays, early C19, Perpendicular style with kingposts.
Stained glass in west tower window by Kempe.
Monument to Mary Tillemont 1706. Tablet with open pediment and two cherubs at
head and foot.
(The Buildings of England: Northamptonshire 1973 p109.; G.E.Stevenson ;
Boughton).
Listing NGR: SP7532865886
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 360027
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Pevsner, N, Cherry, B, The Buildings of England: Northamptonshire, (1973), 109
Stevenson, G, A Short Guide to Boughton Northamptonshire
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
