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St John The Baptist

Mainstone

Shropshire

Stone slate roof, plain tile to south.

Architectural Features

Late C15 Gothic style.

Interior: C15 six-bay nave roof with arch-braced collars, cusped V-struts, moulded bases to arch braces, 2 pairs of moulded purlins, 3 tiers of cusped windbraces forming quatrefoil panels, and blind ogee-arcaded panelled frieze above wall plate

3-bay C19 or-restored C15 chancel roof as nave with arch-braced collars, V-struts, moulded purlins and cusped windbraces

double-chamfered chancel arch has short shafts with carved-head corbels and foliated capitals, and hoodmould with carved heads as stops

Fittings include: restored C12 tub font with C19 base and cover

C19 octagonal stone pulpit with pierced ogee panels

The church is Grade II* on account of its fine C15 roof.