Church of St John the Baptist is a Grade I listed building in the Vale of Glamorgan local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 22 February 1963. Church.
Church of St John the Baptist
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- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Vale of Glamorgan
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 22 February 1963
- Type
- Church
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The Church of St John the Baptist is a Grade I listed building constructed from local stone and featuring slate roofs. It includes a chancel, an aisleless nave, a south chapel with an adjacent south porch, and a west tower. The church showcases both Decorated and Perpendicular architectural styles. The tower consists of two stages, with stepped diagonal buttresses and a polygonal northeast stair turret. It has a crenellated parapet with corner pinnacles, three-light bell-chamber openings, and a three-light Perpendicular window situated above the west doorway. To the left of the gabled south porch, there is a two-light window made of ashlar, and the doorway is adorned with a hoodmould flanked by head corbels. Old memorials are set above stone benches, and the inner doorway is offset to the left. The south chapel features a three-light Decorated window and a two-light window to the east, with a sundial positioned above it. The south wall of the chancel has trefoil lancets, and there is a three-light Perpendicular window at the east end. The north side of the nave has two two-light windows.
Inside, the nave roof, which dates from the late medieval period, has been restored and features arch-braces, wind-braces, and a collar purlin. In the north wall, there is a doorway leading to a removed rood loft, which has an old door that may date back to the 15th century. The south chapel contains a screen with an organ and a vaulted crypt that was once used as an ossuary, along with a mutilated effigy set in a Gothic-arched recess. The chancel is low with a late 19th-century chancel arch and roof, and a 20th-century reredos depicting the Supper at Emmaus. The tall tower arch features an inner chamfer supported by figured corbels. There is a medieval tub font, and memorials are arranged beneath the tower, including a tablet dedicated to the parents of Sir Leoline Jenkins, erected in 1763.
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