Latitude: 52.4307 / 52°25'50"N
Longitude: -2.8311 / 2°49'52"W
OS Eastings: 343586
OS Northings: 281741
OS Grid: SO435817
Mapcode National: GBR BF.MTZS
Mapcode Global: VH76D.W54F
Plus Code: 9C4VC5J9+7G
Entry Name: Church of St John the Baptist
Listing Date: 12 November 1954
Last Amended: 21 June 1996
Grade: I
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1269934
English Heritage Legacy ID: 460267
Also known as: St John's Church, Stokesay
St John's, Stokesay
St John the Baptist, Stokesay
ID on this website: 101269934
Location: St John the Baptist's Church, Stokesay, Shropshire, SY7
County: Shropshire
Civil Parish: Craven Arms
Traditional County: Shropshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Shropshire
Church of England Parish: Stokesay
Church of England Diocese: Hereford
Tagged with: Church building
CRAVEN ARMS
SO48SW STOKESAY 1943-1/5/121 Church of St John the Baptist 12/11/54 (Formerly Listed as: STOKESAY STOKESAY Church of St John the Baptist)
GV I
Parish church. C12, rebuilt 1654, chancel 1664. Nave, chancel and west tower. Sandstone rubble; C20 corrugated tile roof (nave); plain tile roof (chancel). Nave (south front): 2 chamfered elliptical-headed 2-light mullion windows; Transitional south doorway with chamfered semi-circular arch on attached columns to scalloped impost blocks; C19 rubble porch with stone tile roof. EXTERIOR: chancel: C14 2-light trefoil-headed mullioned window in chamfered square-headed surround; plank door in chamfered pointed arch; tablet, c1662, with moulded cornice, pilasters and Arms of Henry and Alice Bough; 3-light east window with lattice glazing under chamfered pointed arch. Tower: plain semi-circular arch to south doorway below C17 round-headed window and earlier opening; drip courses; C19 sundial; castellated parapet; weather-vane. INTERIOR: moulded ceiling-frame with plaster panels to nave. Stop-chamfered raking strut roof, dated 1664, to nave. C18 west gallery. C16 pews; C17 panelled and hooded pulpit and reading desk; C17 box-pews with cockspur hinges; C17 enriched canopy pew with 2 compartments and open arcade; C17 wall paintings with baroque surrounds. Tablets: Isabella Smith, d.1801; John Onions, d.1786. HISTORY: believed to have been severely damaged during the Civil War; a rare example of Commonwealth church building.
Listing NGR: SO4358281738
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