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Church of St John the Baptist

A Grade I Listed Building in Kinlet, Shropshire

  • St John The Baptist Church, Kinlet, Shropshire

  • St John the Baptist: church of buff stone isolated from the village

  • St John the Baptist: early c13 Early English south porch & west tower, upper stage Decorated; timber framed clerestory restored 1893; early c14 Decorated chancel with transepts

  • St John the Baptist: nave with Norman-Transitional north arcade & Early English south arcade

  • St John the Baptist: c13 chancel arch of three orders & plain bell capitals

  • St John the Baptist: east window of five lights with cusped intersecting tracery & sexfoil at the top; reredos dated 1901

  • St John the Baptist: early c15 alabaster effigy of Isabel Cornewall of Kinlet, wife of William Lichfield

  • St John the Baptist: Isabel Cornewall of Kinlet, d. before 1430; angels at pillow

  • St John the Baptist: monument to Humphrey Blount of Kinlet, d.1477

  • St John the Baptist: Humphrey Blount of Kinlet, d.1477, in armour & wife Elizabeth (Winnington) in mantle over flowing dress

  • St John the Baptist: Humphrey Blount of Kinlet, d.1477; Yorkist suns & roses collar

  • St John the Baptist: Elizabeth Winnington of Delves, d.1502, wife of Humphrey Blount of Kinlet, d.1477; horned headdress

  • St John the Baptist: weeper from the monument to Humphrey Blount of Kinlet, d.1477, wearing horned headdress

  • St John the Baptist: weeper from the monument to Humphrey Blount of Kinlet, d.1477, wearing butterfly headdress

  • St John the Baptist: weeper from the monument to Humphrey Blount of Kinlet, d.1477; cleric under crocketed ogee arch

  • St John the Baptist: alabaster monument to John Blount of Kinlet, d.1531; sons as mourners with shields at feet; Renaissance scrolls

  • St John the Baptist: John Blount of Kinlet, d.1531, in Tudor armour & wife Katherine (Peshall)

  • St John the Baptist: John Blount of Kinlet, d.1531; Tudor SS collar

  • St John the Baptist: Katherine (Peshall of Knightley), wife of John Blount of Kinlet, d.1531

  • St John the Baptist: six-poster monument to George Blount of Kinlet, d.1581, & wife Constantia (Talbot)

  • St John the Baptist: George Blount of Kinlet, d.1581

  • St John the Baptist: Constantia (Talbot of Albrighton & Grafton), wife of George Blount of Kinlet, d.1581

  • St John the Baptist: shield & crest from the monument to George Blount, d.1581

  • St John the Baptist: shield & crest above Constantia Talbot from the monument to George Blount, d.1581

  • St John the Baptist: part of inscription from the monument to George Blount, d.1581; cadaver below

  • St John the Baptist: alabaster memorial with side scrolls to William Childe, d.1678, & wife Anne (Lacon of Kinlet), d.1693

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Entry Name: Church of St John the Baptist

Listing Date: 9 March 1970

Grade: I

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1053830

English Heritage Legacy ID: 254736

ID on this website: 101053830

Location: St John the Baptist's Church, Shropshire, DY12

County: Shropshire

Civil Parish: Kinlet

Traditional County: Shropshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Shropshire

Church of England Parish: Kinlet

Church of England Diocese: Hereford

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