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Church of St John the Baptist

A Grade II Listed Building in Farrington Gurney, Bath and North East Somerset

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Coordinates

Latitude: 51.2994 / 51°17'57"N

Longitude: -2.5247 / 2°31'29"W

OS Eastings: 363511

OS Northings: 155716

OS Grid: ST635557

Mapcode National: GBR JT.YHLP

Mapcode Global: VH89G.6L3R

Plus Code: 9C3V7FXG+Q4

Entry Name: Church of St John the Baptist

Listing Date: 21 September 1960

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1312793

English Heritage Legacy ID: 32801

ID on this website: 101312793

Location: St John the Baptist's Church, Farrington Gurney, Bath and North East Somerset, Somerset, BS39

County: Bath and North East Somerset

Civil Parish: Farrington Gurney

Built-Up Area: Farrington Gurney

Traditional County: Somerset

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Somerset

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Description


ST 65 NW FARRINGTON GURNEY CHURCH LANE (north side)

6/61 Church of St. John the Baptist
21.9.60
II

Anglican parish church. 1843-5 by John Pinch junior. Squared and coursed lias
with freestone dressings, ashlar buttresses,stone tile roof to nave, C20 plain
tile roofs to chancel and aisles. Nave, chancel, north and south aisles, west
tower. Norman Revival style replacing earlier church. 4 bay nave with
embattled billet corbel table and pilaster buttresses; single light windows with
recessed arched surrounds. Chancel has tall round-headed windows with blind
round-headed arcading at their bases. Aisles have nook shafts and cushion
capitals to windows. Tower of 4 stages with setback buttresses and plain
parapet. West doorway of 2 orders with nook shafts and cushion capitals;
studded plank 2-leaf door. Above doorway a reset medieval figure of God the
Father holding a crucifixion in his hands. Single light window to 2nd stage,
nebule frieze above, further traceried roundel and bell stage with 2-light
openings. Bracketted cornice below parapet. Interior. 4 bay nave arcades
with circular piers and scalloped capitals. Hammerbeam roof to nave, plank roofs
to aisles, open rafter roof to chancel. West gallery. Fittings. Neo-Norman
font and pulpit. Reset eroded stone coat of arms above west gallery. Late C19
stained glass throughout. Mogg family monuments in chancel: earliest, 1641 to
Richard Mogg. (Pevsner, Buildings of England : North Somerset and Bristol, 1958).


Listing NGR: ST6351155716

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