Church Of St John The Baptist

SOUTH MORETON CHURCH LANE SU5588 (West side) 16/129 Church of St. John the 14/06/63 Baptist

GV II Church. c.1240 south aisle; C14 nave; much restored C19 with C19 east wall to aisle and part rebuilding of east end nave. Render, on flint and stone mixture, with stone dressings; old plain-tile double-depth roof. Plan: continuous nave and chancel with south aisle. C19 porch to left. Render, probably on brick; old plain-tile gabled roof with shaped bargeboards. 2-centre archway with quatrefoil spandrels, 2-centre arched doorway with chamfered surround. Plank door with wrought iron hinges. Trefoil topped lancet to left, and lancet to right of porch. 2 paired lancets with flat heads and hood moulds to centre. 3-light Perpendicular tracery window with flat head and hood would to right. Right return: coursed squared sandstone. Reset early C14 window of 3-light intersecting tracery to left. 3-light C19 window of complex tracery to right. Rear: C19 vestry to left of centre. C19 paired lancet window to left. C14 paired lancet window to right of centre. Blocked 2-centre arched doorway to right. Left return: blocked reset Romanesque doorway to left. 3-light reticulated tracery window to left. C19 round window with complex tracery to right. C19 bellcote to right gable end. C19 arch braced collar truss roof on mainly C19 recarved stone corbels. Arched piscina to south aisle. Arcade of 5 arches between nave and aisle of 2-centred arches, except segmental 2-centred arch to centre. C19 stone pulpit and font. (V.C.H.: Berkshire, Vol.III, 1923, p.502-4. Buildings of England: Berkshire, 1975, p.222-3).

Listing NGR: SU5579788034