Description

SU 20 SW BURLEY CHURCH LANE

9/9 Church of St John the Baptist

II

Parish church. 1839 by C Underwood, altered 1886 by W Butterfield. Brick, stone
dressings, slate roof, timber-frame and plaster parts to additions. Plan of small
2-bay chancel with north vestry and south low lean-to, and nave with south-east
chapel, south boiler house and north-west porch, both added. Church Commissioners
style of Early English. 3 lancets at east, centre raised. Nave has lancets in
raised architraves and stepped buttresses. To west tall pointed door and triple
lancet, over stone bellcote on gable wall. Added hipped porch has half-timber
upper part and trefoiled timber arch to west. Interior has lost its west gallery,
and furnishings have been replaced because of damp.

Listing NGR: SP2141803158

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26450162

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Recommended Books

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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gloucestershire 1: The Cotswolds: Cotswolds Pt. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas