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St John the Baptist

St John The Baptist

Tideswell CP

Derbyshire

C14, restored in 1873 by J D Sedding.

Architectural Features

Tall, 5-light north and south windows with hoodmoulds and carved stops, and side wall windows of three lights, all with bold curvilinear tracery.

Medieval font with octagonal bowl and fluted stem on a circular base.

North transept has east wall niches, and two defaced effigies of unknown females, C12

C13, together with surviving former chancel stalls with misericords.

Stone effigies of Sir Thurstan De Bower, d. 1423, and his lady on chest tomb, restored in 1873.

Hatchments between windows to Meverill and Statham families and aedicule wall monument to Thomas Statham.

Chancel arch with C14 timber screen and gates and with canopy of 1883.

Brasses to Sir John Foljamb, d. 1383 (restored)

to Bishop Robert Purseglove, d. 1579, depicted in pre-Reformantion vestments.

Chest tomb to Sir Sampson Maverill d. 1462, restored in 1876.

One of the most important of the county's medieval parish churches in which the development of the Decorated style and the emergence of the Perpendicular Style in Derbyshire is clearly illustrated.