Description

1. FERNHAM HIGH STREET
Church of St John

SU 29 SE 2/1

II GV

2.
1861 by J H Hugall as recorded by Goodhart-Rendel. Squared and coursed rubble stone,
dressed stone quoins and copings with gabled stone tiled roofs. 3 bay nave, 2 bay
chancel, single w bellcote, S porch and N vestry. Early English details of 2 light
cusped windows with roundels above under pointed arches to the nave and plain cusped
lancets to the chancel. E window of 3 cusped lancets with quatrefoil and trefoils
above under pointed arch enclosed by a dripstone with uncut capitals. W front has
2 cusped lancets with quatrefoils above either side of a stepped buttress. S porch
with outer arch moulded and ending in tightly foliated capitals and inner of a single
moulded arch with uncut capitals.
Aisleless interior with open rafter roofs and a plainly moulded chancel arch on half
shafts with tightly foliated capitals.
1867 stained glassE window by Wailes and further stained glass in chancel S window
and nave S windows. Stone pulpit with coloured marble insets and octagonal font on
oloured marble piers both contemporary with the church.
St John's stands on an elevated site overlooking the village centre.

Listing NGR: SU2934691903

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26300874

External links are from the relevant listing authority and, where applicable, Wikidata. Wikidata IDs may be related buildings as well as this specific building. If you want to add or update a link, you will need to do so by editing the Wikidata entry.

Recommended Books

• 
  Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North (Pevsner Architectural Guides / Buildings of England)
• 
  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East: Norwich and North-east v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  For the Record