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St John

St John

Cranford St. John

Northamptonshire

C12 origin, chancel, north chapel and tower to north aisle C14, south aisle 1842 extended 1880 to house organ, restored and reseated 1887

Architectural Features

Gargoyles at angles

South side of chancel has a renewed 2-light square-headed window with a rectangular panel above flanked by carved heads (perhaps reused) and incorporating a diamond- shaped stone inscribed IL 1622

Segmental- headed recess in north aisle, containing carved head

Low doorway to east end of north chapel, now vestry, which contains oval wall monument to Jane Coo, d.1656, a slate tablet in a richly-carved stone surround

East window contains reused medieval and later glass of diverse origins, and at the top, Victorian glass depicting St

C16 Flemish panels carved with Biblical scenes reset in C19 pulpit

Plain octagonal font. (V.C.H.: Northamptonshire, III: pp.191-2