Church Of St John The Baptist

ST JOHN BECKERMET MORASS ROAD NY 00 NW (east side) 3/71 Church of St John the Baptist GV II Church. 1878-9. By J Birtley of Kendal. Dressed stone with ashlar dressings and slate roof with tile cresting. Nave, south-west tower, north aisle, west narthex and chancel with north vestry and south organ loft. Coped gables. 4-bay nave has 2-light windows to south elevation, octagonal tower to south-west angle has flat gabled buttresses, straight-headed louvred bell openings and pyramidal roof. Lean-to narthex has 2 pointed lights over, and window of 3 elliptical-headed lights; Tudor-headed north door; nook shafts. Lean-to aisle has paired lights with shouldered lintels. Chancel has weathered base and sill course, 3-light east window, 2 lancets to south; gabled organ loft has 2 lancets and rose to south, entrance with flat gable to west, east lateral stack and 2 C18 headstones. Lean-to vestry has east entrance with shouldered lintel, 3 lights with shouldered lintel to north. Interior: 4-bay arcade on octagonal and round piers, spandrels and wall above of brick and stone polychrome with block letter inscription. Chancel arch has inscription round, and traceried screen, c.1920. Arch to organ loft with wall plate carried across recess. Block letter inscription above altar: Ten Commandments, etc. Some Anglo-Danish cross fragments, etc. Victorian royal arms.

Listing NGR: NY0188806714