Description

NITON AND WHITWELL

SZ5076 CHURCH STREET, Niton
1353-0/8/241 CHURCH OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST
18/01/67

GV II*

Parish church. Nave C11, chancel C13 lengthened in C14 when
south porch was also built. C15 south chapel, south aisle and
tower spire added in C17. North aisle rebuilt in 1864 on the
site of C13 north aisle which had been demolished in the C15.
Cornewall Jones architect. Built of Isle of Wight stone rubble
with ashlar dressings and tiled roof. Nave and chancel in one,
aisles, south porch and west tower. West tower in 3 stages
with angle buttresses. Moulded band to plinth and between
lower and middle stages. South turret. Crenellated parapet.
Ribbed 8 sided stone spire with iron weathercock. West door
arched with heavy hood mould. North aisle of 1864 has 3 lancet
windows. South aisle has 3 C15 paired cinquefoil-headed
windows with drip moulding. Buttresses. South porch is gabled
with cross-shaped saddlestone. Arch with dying mouldings.
Chancel has east window with triple trefoil headed light
ribbed on the inside. Vestry by chancel C19 with triple
cinquefoil light window with reset grotesque mask above.
Interior: 3 bay nave with plain round headed arches with
circular columns to south and 1 circular column and 1
chamfered square column to north. Norman font of cauldron
shape with rope moulding at the top. Coat of arms of George
III. C13 chancel arch with chamfered corners. Squint.
Bowl-shaped piscina. South chapel has piscina and 4 wall
monuments, the best being a medallion by Flaxman to George
Arnold Esq. d.1806. Roofs boarded over in nave and aisles,
probably C19, and C19 chancel roof canted in 8 cants with
elaborate floriate bosses. C19 pews and pulpit. Fine C17 chair
carved with oak emblems and another with swansneck top.
(Pevsner: B.O.E. Hampshire and the Isle of Wight: 754).

Listing NGR: SZ5052176771

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Church of St. John the Baptist, Niton at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q5117249

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

• 
  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
• 
  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Liverpool: Pevsner City Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
• 
  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
• 
  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)