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St John The Baptist

Holywell

Cambridgeshire

Nave, chancel and north aisle C13, south aisle circa 1300.

Architectural Features

West tower added in 1547 by the mason Thomas Roper.

Roofs of plain tiles and slate.

West doorway, early C16 square-headed arch with moulded, shafted jambs and quatrefoils in spandrels.

Three reused C14 windows of two trefoiled lights in belfry.

Nave clerestory ,has a range of three early C16 windows of two cinquefoil lights.

Early C14 doorway to south aisle with jambs and two-centred arch of two hollow, chamfered orders, moulded label and damaged head-stops.

Chancel arch, two-centred with semi- octagonal responds, early C14.

Roofs modern, only two of the eight carved figures circa 1500 recorded by RCHM 1926 can be seen attached to the chancel screen.

Locker and piscina in chancel C13, font on late C13 octagonal stem with four round shafts.