Church of St. John the Baptist is a Grade II listed building in the Cardiff local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 19 May 1975. Church.
Church of St. John the Baptist
- WRENN ID
- tilted-jade-lark
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cardiff
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 19 May 1975
- Type
- Church
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The Church of St. John the Baptist is a Grade II listed building constructed from polychromatic random rubble, primarily involving the refacing or rebuilding of medieval walls by Prichard. It features a Welsh slate roof with a stone bell-cote that has trefoiled openings on the west gable. The church consists of a nave with a south porch and a chancel that includes a north vestry.
The nave has two windows on the south wall: a single light trefoil-headed window to the left of the porch and a two-light window to the right. These window arrangements are mirrored on the north wall, with an additional single light window on the west gable. The porch is designed with a pointed arch, a coped gable, and a gable cross. The chancel has a Perpendicular style east window with three lights, while the south chancel wall features two windows: a two-light window to the left and a single light window to the right, both with plate tracery and trefoil heads. The north chancel wall is covered by the vestry, which has a two-light plain window and a doorway, along with a single light window in the east return. The building has coped gables with crosses and a tall cylindrical chimney for the vestry on the north slope of the nave gable.
The interior has been plastered and painted throughout around the year 2000. It exhibits a more medieval character than the exterior, especially in the window arches and the possibly late 14th-century chancel arch with its battered sides. The nave features a six-bay roof with arch-braced tie-beams and moulded main beams, while the chancel has a four-bay 19th-century waggon roof. A medieval limestone font is present, and the pews are Victorian, with a mid-20th-century pulpit. The chancel window, dated 1915, may have replaced a triple lancet. There are several notable memorials, particularly two in the chancel, one signed by E Morgan from Canton and the other by H Woodcott from Bristol.
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