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Saint John the Baptist

Saint John The Baptist

Baginton

Warwickshire

Parish church, circa C13

Architectural Features

Sandstone ashlar and rubble, steeply pitched plain tile roofs with gabled ends

Dates from early C13 with the addition of the second north aisle in the late C13

On south side at west end is a narrow low side square-headed window and close to this a C13 doorway with moulded pointed arch

In the centre is a C13 doorway with roll-moulded pointed arch, blocked with masonry

The west gable wall has a C14 doorway with a moulded pointed arch and above it is a circular window enclosing a quatrefoil

On east gable is a C13 two-light pointed tracery window

Fixed on south wall is a large early C15 brass of Sir William Bagot and his wife, Margaret

There are several fine mural tablets of C17 and C18 date in the chancel to the Bromley family

The box pews and pulpit on south side of the nave are late C18

The splays of the arches to the nave have painted decorations of C14 date

The original north aisle is very narrow and the arcade to the nave which dates from the early C13 is of three bays with pointed arches resting on circular piers

The three-bay arcade to the present north aisle is of late C13 date, with pointed arches resting on polygonal piers