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St John The Baptist

Lea

Herefordshire

Sandstone rubble with tile roofs.

Architectural Features

The lower stage of the tower is C13 and has a window of one trefoiled light to each side.

The upper stage is C14 and has ogee bell openings of one light and is broached to a stone spire.

The middle one is late C13, of two lights with cusped Y-tracery.

In the south wall of the chancel are two trefoiled one-light windows and a priest's door with Tudor arch.

In the north wall of the chapel is a blocked doorway with Tudor arch.

The chapel east window is of three trefoiled lights with Tudor-arched head.

Interior: three- bay arcade of chamfered Tudor arches springing from octagonal piers.

Moulded capitals carved with grotesque animals, faces, and heads.

The Tudor arch between the north aisle and north chapel contains organ pipes and a re-set C15 screen with carved tracery decoration.

The font, of C1200, is south Italian and was given to the church in 1907.

The capital is carved with four rams' heads.

The bowl has a band of Cosmati work and is carved with scrolls and figures. (RCHM, p 99).