Description

1.
5321 BRESSINGHAM DISS ROAD
Church of St John
The Baptist
TM 08 SE 18/1 7.12.59

I GV

2.
Late C13 fabric, refashioned in early C16. Flint, partly rendered. Nave
with good clerestory with flushwork panelling and 8 Perpendicular windows.
North and south aisles. Late C13 chancel. West tower with polygonal stair
turret, and flushwork panelling on base, diagonal butttresses, embattled
parapet with pinnacles. West window with carved shields in spandrels and
flanked by niches. Bellcote on east gable of nave. South porch.
Interior: four bay Decorated arcade with octagonal piers and double-chamfered
arches. Early C16 hammerbeam roof. Octagonal font early .Jacobean
pulpit with strapwork. Imd to late C16 benches. Box pews. Some early
stained glass in east window.

Listing NGR: TM0760480754

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17524675

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)