Description

WHITE LADIES ASTON

SO 95 SW WHITE LADIES ASTON

5/842
Church of St John the Baptist
11.2.65
II*

Parish church. C12 nave and chancel; circa C15 west bell-turret and nave roof; north aisle and vestry added in 1861; south porch added in 1864. Stone rubble with freestone dressings; weatherboarded timber-framed bell-turret and broach spire. Plain tile roofs. Chancel has small round-headed lancet on N and S sides and in east wall. C12 round-headed nave south doorway with imposts. 2-light south windows with straight heads. INTERIOR walls plastered. Plaster covered nave ceiling with circa C15 roof above with curved braces to the collars and common-rafter couples. The chancel roof is ceiled, but one queen-post truss is exposed. Deeply chamfered round chancel arch with imposts. 1861 3-bay north arcade. Timber-framed bell-turret on timber posts inside west end of nave, surmounted by timber broach spire; bell-frame intact. Medieval 12-sided font with ribs on the comers. C18 monuments on chancel walls. Victorian furnishings. SOURCE: Buildings of England, p.288.

Listing NGR: SO9220952703

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Church of St John the Baptist at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q17548775

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Recommended Books

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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North (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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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)