Description

CAMPSEY ASH MILL LANE TM 35 NW 2/18 Church of St. John the 16.3.66 Baptist (Formerly listed under General) GV II* Parish Church. C14: much restored in the late C18 and C19. Random flint and rubble walls with stone quoins to stepped buttresses. West tower has flush work to battlemented parapet with initials; flushwork also to base. 3 stage tower has louvred bell openings to four sides. The nave and chancel have slated roofs; that of the chancel is lower and of steeper pitch. All windows are of C18 and C19 in Decorated style with the exception of one east window in the chancel with C15 glass depicting the armorial arms of Bishop Goldwell, Bishop of Norwich, Thomas de Brotherton and Thomas Mowbray. The south porch has C14 doorway with 2 centred pointed arch. Tower has doorway with shields and fleurons in arch order and frieze of flushwork over. Interior has original piscina in south wall of chancel. There is a brass on the nave floor of Alexander Inglishhe, Rector 1504. The font is C14: octagonal with quatrefoils and blank arches.

Listing NGR: TM3299255903

External Links

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