Description

SU 5832 NEW ALRESFORD WEST STREET
(South Side)

13/107 Church of St John
5.12.55 the Baptist(formerly listed
as Church of St John)
GV II*

C13,C14,C17, restoration and virtual rebuilding of 1898 by Sir Arthur Blom-
field, C20. Apart from the west Tower, the building is of 1898, in perpen-
dicular style, with a nave and aisle of 4 bays, chancel with north and south
chapels, and a recent hall attached to the south-east corner; all this
(except the latest part) is in flint walling with stone dressings. The Tower
has 3 stages, the 2 lower of C14 with flint and stone rubble walling and
stone dressings, the upper of C17 being of red brickwork, with a crenel-
lated parapet. There are small openings, the lower with ogee heads, a Perpen-
dicular door of 1898, above which is inserted a small T-shaped stone with a
carved crucifix (re-set here but of Romanesque origin). The west wall of the
former south aisle, next to the Tower, has a lancet window. Within there are
4 wall monuments of the C18 & early C19.

Listing NGR: SU5882032674

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17540656

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Recommended Books

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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living