Description

the entry for

CAYTON CHURCH LANE
TA 08 SE
5/1 (east side)
Church of St John the
Baptist
Shall be amended to

TA 08 SE CAYTON CHURCH LANE
5/2 (east side)
Church of St John the Baptist

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CAYTON CHURCH LANE
TA 08 SE (east side)
5/1
Church of Saint John the
18.1.67 Baptist

GV I

Church. C12 nave and chancel; C15 tower and north chapel; restored in C19.
Coursed sandstone, on plinth, with slate roof. West tower; 2-bay nave and
north aisle; south porch; chancel with north chapel and vestry. 3-stage,
embattled tower with pinnacles and diagonal buttresses with offsets. 2-
light, flat-topped bell openings to upper stage; similar opening to lowest
stage to west; slit opening to south to light tower staircase. Round-
arched, gabled porch contains a fine C12 doorway of three orders, enriched
with chevron moulding, on shafts with scalloped capitals. All windows are
C19 restorations, most 2-light with Geometrical tracery. East window of 3-
lights, reticulated tracery under pointed, corbelled hoodmould. In the
south wall of the chancel is an arched tomb niche. Interior: C12 arcade of
slightly pointed arches on cylindrical pier and responds, with cushion
capitals and square abaci. C15 double-chamfered chancel arch on half-
octagonal responds. Trefoil-headed piscina in south wall of chancel.
Timber door and doorframe to tower dated 1678. C12 tub font on C19 base.
Monuments: slab on chancel floor with brass inscription to Robert Bard,
d1452. Early C18 slab with armorial bearing, to John (d1702) and Barbara
(d1705) Bielby. Marble wall cartouche with acanthus leaves, scrolls and
crest, to Susannah Bielby, c1715. C18 charity board recording bequesL oF
Elisha Trott.

Listing NGR: TA0566183330

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Church of Saint John the Baptist at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q17526102

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Recommended Books

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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)