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St John the Baptist

St John The Baptist

Brinklow CP

Warwickshire

Late C15 with C19 restorations

Architectural Features

Tile roofs, with lead roofs to aisles

North aisle has two C15 three-light windows with scallop ornament within chamfered surrounds to north, with one to west

C15 timber porch with 4-centred arch

spandrel carved

4-centred plank door within has carved mouchette spandrels to hood, and is within heavily moulded surrounds with cusped panelling

2 rows of C15 cusped panelling to either side

Interior: chancel, restored C19, has hammerbeam and arched brace roof supported on carved corbels

Nave arcade of 5 bays has double chamfered arches supported on shafted piers with smaller shafts supporting C19 nave and C15 aisle roofs

Some C15 stained glass in east window of south aisle

The remaining stained glass is C19

Pulpits, choirstalls and pews C19

Three Cl9 wall monuments, and one dated 1737 in south aisle with moulded sandstone surround and segmental pediment. (Buildings of England: Warwickshire, p.218)