Description

TQ 04NW WONERSH C.P. THE STREET
(South Side)

1/402 Church of St. John
9/3/60 the Baptist

GV II*

Church. Possible pre-conquest core with C12 tower, embattled in 1751, C13
chancel, C15 north chapel, south side of nave and south transept chapel
rebuilt in 1793 by Lord Grantley in "Meeting House style" after a fire.
Church restored in 1901 when the east end was rebuilt by Sir Charles Nicholson.
Ironstone rubble with chalk conglomerate, Bargate rubble with hard chalk/clunch
dressings and Caen stone inside the chancel and north chapel. Sandstone upper
stages to tower with brick plat bands and angle quoins. Red and blue brick on
south, plain tiled roofs. Nave with narthex to west, transeptal chapel to
south side, chancel to east. Vestry Chapel to north and tower on north side.
Three stage tower, offset slightly, on tall ground floor stage with plat bands
over first and second stages. Round arched brick dressed louvred openings to
each face of top stage, one narrow rectangular opening in each face of middle
stage and lancet window to lower stage on north stage. Lancet window to north
nave wall. C20 pantiled narthex to west end, two round-headed windows over on
west under gauged brick heads, brick dentil eaves above on gable. Buttresses
alternate with single light windows; round arched openings to north and south
ends, that to south now blocked. Three round-arched leaded windows on south
side of nave, under gauged brick heads. Brick dentilled eaves and hipped roof
to south transept. One round arched leaded window on chapel over door under
herringbone brick over door. East window early C20 in Decorated style with
round arched window on east side of south chapel. Perpendicular style
fenestration on north vestry with panelled double doors to west end under
fanlight.
Interior:- Remains of old nave and aisle shows in roofs, now all under one
roof employing re-used timber. Billeted wall plates to chancel roof. Flat
panelled roof on north chapel. Arched entrance to south side of north chapel
giving access to chancel, 4-centred arched entrance to west, both on round
piers. Chancel walls bear evidence of blocked windows. Late C12 arched
entrance from tower into nave. Fittings - triple C20 sedelia to south side
of chancel, piscina and aumbry adjacent. Image niche on south wall of chapel
with cinquefoil head. C15 rood loft door. Old screen (V.C.H.) now early C20
remodelled by A. K. Nicholson in Jacobethan style. Massive tub font on
moulded plinth with thick cable moulding to stem. Elaborate columned and
open font cover. Panelled C20 pulpit. Good collection of C18 hatchments.
Monuments - Lovall Memorial on west wall - Elizabethan with Guilloche moulding
on cornice, flanking Cherub's heads, central vase on apron with vine
festoon and grape bunches. Inscription panel now blank. Corinthian capitals
of flanking pilasters remain, although the shafts are now gone.

V.C.H. SURREY (1967 ed) Vol. III pp.121-7
PEVSNER: BUILDINGS OF ENGLAND, SURREY (1971) pp. 536-7.

Listing NGR: TQ0146445098

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17548661

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