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St John the Baptist

St John The Baptist

Widford

Hertfordshire

C14 church incorporating fabric and arch fragments of early C12

Architectural Features

In the nave: 2-light SE window c1350, similar recut on NE, copy at SW of 1871, S doorway and door on N to vestry c1370 with C13 ironwork on present doors, C12 chevron arch stone inset over S door, 4-bay roof reusing cambered tie beams with hollow chamfers and soffit mortices for wall-posts and arched braces, 7-sided Cl9 waggon roof with moulded battens and bossed, panelled octagonal stone font c1420, small C15 plastered piscina with shelf at SE

The lower part of the tower has a wide C15 arch, C14 W door of two moulded orders and 2-light traceried window over, small pointed doorway to stair and a ceiling of heavy chamfered beams with a central square panel

In the chancel: a C15 2-light Perpendicular window in each side, C14 sedelia or tomb recess in S wall, credence table formed from a C12 carved cushion capital on a turned plain shaft perhaps from an altar (assembled 1879) at SE, fine wall paintings survive with on N wall Christ ofthe Apocalypse sitting on a rainbow with a sword c1300, and flanking the E window C14 saints in the form of a knight and a bishop or abbot wearing a chausible and mitre

3-light traceried C19 E window with stained glass of 1894, attributed Burlison & Grylls