Church Of St John The Evangelist

SU 53 NE NORTHINGTON NORTHINGTON

6/6 Church of St John the 5.12.55 Evangelist II*

Parish church, 1887-90 by Sir T G Jackson for Lord Ashburton. Knapped flint with stone dressings, roof old plain tile. On site with considerable fall to E, large-perpendicular church of chancel on crypt with octagonal E end, nave with S porch and N aisle, and tall tower. Chancel has buttresses on corners with pinnacles and battlements, and stone flush-work at floor level. Windows 2-light perpendicular. Nave has 3-light perpendicular windows and gabled porch with battlements on each side and diagonal buttresses. N Aisle has flushwork. Tower is in Somerset style with diagonal buttresses with pin- nacles, battlements, flushwork to top stage, SE corner stair turret to top of 2nd stage, and on each face pairs of large louvred 2-light mullioned and transomed bell openings. Inside rood-stair turret across to stone pulpit. Other fittings contemporary including perpendicular font with suspended cover. Monument to last Henleys 1st and 2nd Earl of Northington 1786. Under tower large monument 1848 by Westmacott Junior to Baring family, below door to vault rendered in stone.

Listing NGR: SP5643737359