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Saint John the Baptist

Saint John The Baptist

Eversholt

Bedfordshire

C12 origins, reworked and extended C13, C14 and C15

Architectural Features

C20 tile roofs

Chancel:C14

C19 3-light pointed-arched E window, S elevation has 3 pointed-arched 2- light windows, W one lower and divided by transom to form low-side window, N elevation has C14 2-bay pointed-arched arcade

N chapel: C14

N elevation has C15 square-headed 3-light window to W, and small C19 square-headed lights to E bay and to E elevation

Depressed 2-centred arched N doorway, Nave: predominantly C15, but retaining earlier features

W bay C13

Other bays C15, of which W bay retains C12 W respond with leaf ornament

C15 S arcade with 4 pointed arches

C15 clerestorey with 4 windows to each side, all of 3 lights under square head

N aisle: substantially reworked C15

S porch: C15.3-light windows to side walls, similar to clerestory ones

4-centred archway with foliate carving to spandrels and moulded label

W Tower: C15

Interior: aisles retain C15 roofs with carved bosses, nave and chancel have C19 roofs

C13 font has cylindrical bowl on one central and 4 detached shafts

Chancel has part of C15 brass with figures of 6 sons

Apart from early C20 E chancel window, most stained glass is late C19, including S aisle window by Kempe of 1899 to John Martin

Early C20 wall paintings by Edward Aveling Green (1842-1930): have has scene of Christ in Majesty above chancel arch, the Fall above tower arch, and roundels of saints above arcades, all polychrome