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St John the Baptist

St John The Baptist

Edlingham

Northumberland

Nave probably mid-C11, partly rebuilt early C12

Architectural Features

chancel later C12

north arcade c.1190

tower c.1300

C14 south window and tomb recess in nave

north aisle rebuilt C15

south porch probably C17

C12 doorway has round arch with bold roll moulding and billet hood, on jamb shafts with block capitals and moulded bases

within arch is C17 doorway with flat-pointed head and sunk spandrels, and vertical-panelled door.

to either side square-headed C18 windows and further east a pointed double- chamfered C14 window arch, all with later wood tracery.

Round C12 chancel arch, stepped towards nave, on chamfered imposts carried back along east wall of nave

South wall of nave shows segmental-arched tomb recess, holding pre-Conquest cross fragment with vinescroll and C14 cross slab, and remains of several blocked windows.

C11 west front, now within tower, shows centre door with slightly-recessed semicircular tympanum, mutilated round-headed window above and circular opening in apex of former gable.

and rear arch of C12 west window above vestry door.

Chancel roof has later boarding on grid of stop-chamfered tie-beams and longitudinal members, probably C17.

NU1109 : Font, Edlingham Church

Octagonal medieval font on circular stepped base.

NU1109 : Font, Edlingham Church

© Richard Dawson

Cll/C12 cross slab in aisle

C14 slab as threshold to south door.

C18 wall monuments and hatchments at west end of nave and east end of chancel

East window glass, 'The Sea Gave up the Dead which were in it' to Lewis de Crespigny Buckle, who perished on the S.S. Nemesis.