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St John The Baptist

Harringworth

Northamptonshire

Late C12, C13 and C14, restored 1891

Architectural Features

Flanking, 2-stage, clasping buttresses have carved beasts at upper stage

Inner doorway has a 2-centre arch-head with roll moulding and a C15 doorway set in the original opening

South nave clerestory of 4-window range of 2-light square-head windows with hood moulds and carved label stops

North nave clerestory of 4-window range of C15 four-light square-head windows with king mullions and arch-head lights

Late C12 west tower of 3 stages with shallow pilasters at each corner

South aisle has piscina and triple sedilia, with carved label stops

Perpendicular rood screen with one-light divisions and ribbed coving

Jacobean pulpit dated 1605 originally at Barrowden in Leicestershire

Square font, with trefoil panels at sides, supported on 5 shafts

Stained glass: fragments of medieval glass in aisle and chancel windows

Hatchment in north aisle

Monuments: Tryon family vault in north aisle forms a raised platform, built in early C18 probably in 2 stages

Wall monument above platform to 4 generations of Tryons, probably c.1710 has 2 standing cherubs, cherubs heads and garlands with shield at head

William Gardiner, d.1719: inscribed brass plaque in floor of nave.

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